Perspectives for workplace health promotion in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 313-321

  Partanen, Timo J ^a   Loría Bolaños, Rocío ^a   Wesseling, Catharina ^a   Castillo, Carolina ^a   Johansson, K Mauri ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Equity; Ethics; Globalization; Health and labor norms; Occupational health; Precautionary principle; Privatization; Public health; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 23044497419     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.3.313     Document Type: Review

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