Interference phenomena in temporal evolution of accident probability in workplaces

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 671-682

  Targoutzidis, Antonis ^a,c   Antonopoulou, Lila ^b  

^a Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (ELINYAE)   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c EL IN Y A E   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complexity; Resonance; Risk; System; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; RESONANCE;

COMPLEXITY; SYSTEM; WORKPLACE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT; COMPLEXITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS THEORY; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745372381     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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