Organizational influence on working people's occupational noise protection in Hong Kong

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-475

  Cheung, Chau kiu ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coworkers' norm; Hearing protection; Occupational deafness; Occupational noise; Organizational regulation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COWORKERS' NORM; HEARING PROTECTION; OCCUPATIONAL DEAFNESS; OCCUPATIONAL NOISE; ORGANIZATIONAL REGULATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EAR PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 4944224395     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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