Pain and suffering costs of persons in construction accidents: Hong Kong experience

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 645-658

  De Saram, D Darshi ^a   Tang, S L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accidents; Construction; Costs; Damages; Hong Kong losses; Pain; Suffering

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); CONSTRUCTION; COSTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS; FATAL ACCIDENTS; HONG KONG; INDIRECT COSTS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST;

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

EID: 23044486218     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500039739     Document Type: Article

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