Economics for occupational safety and health

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 5, 2008, Pages 9-13

  Kankaanpää, Eila ^a   van Tulder, Maurits ^b   Aaltonen, Markku ^a   De Greet, Marc ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Economic evaluation; Incentive; Regulation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INCENTIVE; OCCUPATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48049088385     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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