Understanding and improving the health of workers in the new economy: A call for a participatory dialogue-based approach to work-health research

Critical Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-119

  Polanyi, Michael ^a   McIntosh, Tom ^b   Kosny, Agnieszka ^c  

^a Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 21644451554     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590500144694     Document Type: Article

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