The construction industry

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 388-393

  Ringen, Knut ^a,c   Englund, Anders ^b,c  

^a Center to Protect Workers Rights   (United States)

^b Swedish Work Environment Authority   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33845604475     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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