Ethical concerns in international occupational health and safety

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 587-600

  London, Leslie ^a   Kisting, Sophia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHICS, CLINICAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33845242263     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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