A systematic review of occupational health and safety interventions with economic analyses

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1004-1023

  Tompa, Emile ^a,b,c   Dolinschi, Roman ^a   De Oliveira, Claire ^a,b   Irvin, Emma ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA EXTRACTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ERGONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ONTARIO; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349680925     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b34f60     Document Type: Article

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