Low-cost risk reduction strategy for small workplaces: How can we spread good practices?

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-311

  Kogi, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

Author keywords

Good practices; Health risk; SME

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

AGRICULTURE; ASIA; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 38349129036     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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