Health and safety challenges for China's mining industry

Mining Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Tien, Jerry C ^a  

^a Architectural and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CHINA'S MINING INDUSTRY;

MINING ENGINEERING;

HEALTH AND SAFETY; MINING INDUSTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20544470351     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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