Product safety - Principles and practices in a life cycle perspective

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 939-947

  Rausand, Marvin ^a   Utne, Ingrid Bouwer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Product design; Product life cycle; Product safety; Safety management; Safety requirements

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE CRITERION; ANALYTICAL METHODS; DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS; EUROPEAN PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS; NEW PRODUCTS; PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY REQUIREMENTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; SAFETY;

EID: 67349207871     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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