Occupational health services in adaptation to the challenges of global market competition - New needs, new strategies, new partnerships

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-7

  Froneberg, Brigitte ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Globalization; Multinational enterprises; Occupational health services; Small and medium sized enterprises (SME)

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INDUSTRY; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POVERTY; SOCIETY; WORK CAPACITY;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846894106     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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