Building safety - An international perspective

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-11

  Murie, Fiona ^a,b  

^a Building and Woodworkers International ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Service d'Addictologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Construction industry; International Labor Organization; Standards; Unions; Worker participation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTRACT; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADE UNION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33947530827     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2007.13.1.5     Document Type: Review

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