The effect of competitiveness on occupational safety

IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1888-1892

  Hamalainen P ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Occupational safety; Safety management

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR;

COMPETITIVENESS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 40649121530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419520     Document Type: Conference Paper

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