Economic cost of occupational accidents: Evidence from a small island economy

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 973-979

  Shalini, Ramessur Taruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Economic costs; Occupational accidents

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC COSTS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; SMALL ENTERPRISE; SMALL ISLAND; WORKING POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS; COSTS; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAURITIUS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 67349098419     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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