The evaluation of importance of safety behaviors in a steel manufacturer by entropy

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 10-18

  Azadeh, A ^a   Mohammad Fam, Iraj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entropy; Iran; Safety behavior sampling; Steel manufacturing company; Unsafe acts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; JOB EXPERIENCE; MARRIAGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953371476     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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