Bridging the knowledge gap: An innovative surveillance system to monitor the health of British Columbia's healthcare workforce

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 478-482

  Gilligan, Tony ^a   Alamgir, Hasanat ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Evidence; Health and safety; Healthcare; Occupational health; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149513176     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403780     Document Type: Article

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