OHS professionals: Technicians or strategic advisors?

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-20

  Pryor, P ^a,b,c   Sawyer, N ^b  

^a VIOSH ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c OHS Educators' Chapter of the Safety Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; International; Ohs professionals; Strategic influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950346978     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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