Offshore industry: Management of health hazards in the upstream petroleum industry

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 304-309

  Niven, Karen ^a   McLeod, Ron ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Health hazards; Human factors engineering; Occupational health; Offshore industry; Safety management

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; ERGONOMICS; FOOD POISONING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; JOB STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PEER REVIEW; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; VIBRATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PETROLEUM; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67949117261     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp076     Document Type: Review

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