General model of accident rate growth in the construction industry

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Hola, Bozena ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accident indices; Accident rate; Accident rate growth model; Construction

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ACCIDENT INDICES; ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENT RATE GROWTH MODELS; CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 37849051412     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2007.9636445     Document Type: Article

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