Work risk-prevention procedures in highway management and maintenance contracts

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-244

  Martínez Montes, Germán ^a,b   del Carmen Rubio Gámez, Maria ^a   Rubio Romero, Juan Carlos ^b   Mondelo, Pedro R ^c   Terres, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; FINANCE; OUTSOURCING; RISK PERCEPTION;

MAINTENANCE SERVICES; WORK RISK PREVENTION;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34247505500     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20061     Document Type: Article

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