Global trend according to estimated number of occupational accidents and fatal work-related diseases at region and country level

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-139

  Hämäläinen, Päivi ^a   Leena Saarela, Kaija ^a   Takala, Jukka ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b European Agency for Safety and Health at Work   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global trend; Occupational accidents; Work related diseases

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECTS; FATALITY RATES; GLOBAL TREND; NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETIES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTHS; SAFETY WORKS; STATISTICAL DATUM; WORK-RELATED DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS;

ACCIDENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 67349221533     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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