Something might be missing from occupational health and safety audits: Findings from a content validity analysis of five audit instruments

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-543

  Robson, Lynda S ^a   MacDonald, Sara ^a   Van Eerd, Dwayne L ^a,b   Gray, Garry C ^a,c,d   Bigelow, Philip L ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTENT VALIDITY; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952391569     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181dbc87c     Document Type: Article

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