Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and behavior of workers towards occupational health and safety

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Nasab, H Sanaei ^a   Ghofranipour, F ^b   Kazemnejad, A ^b   Khavanin, A ^b   Tavakoli, R ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Attitude; Iran; Knowledge; Safe behavior; Unsafe behavior; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649110283     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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