Managing occupational safety and health in aluminum production: Case study of aluminum production factory, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 838-847

  Jelinić, Jagoda Doko ^a   Mustajbegović, Jadranka ^a   Žuškin, Eugenija ^a   Lukić, Jela ^b   Ćavar, Velimir ^b   Ivanković, Ante ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Aluminum Mostar ^*  (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; COKING INDUSTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MICROCLIMATE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; HUMANS; METALLURGY; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SOCIAL CHANGE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 26244456369     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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