Managing construction health and safety: Migrant workers and communicating safety messages

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-602

  Bust, Philip D ^a   Gibb, Alistair G F ^a   Pink, Sarah ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction workers; Globalisation; Occupational safety; Warnings

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; GLOBALIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 43049131114     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.06.026     Document Type: Article

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