Building for health? The construction managers of tomorrow

Journal of The Royal Society for the Promotion of Health

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Pritchard, Catherine ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Construction; Health; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SALARY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STUDENTS;

EID: 4043113382     PISSN: 14664240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146642400412400409     Document Type: Article

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