Occupational and public health and safety in a changing work environment: An integrated approach for risk assessment and prevention

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 943-949

  Papadopoulos, Gerasimos ^a   Georgiadou, Paraskevi ^b   Papazoglou, Christos ^c   Michaliou, Katerina ^d  

^a TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Institute for Occupational Health and Safety   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Association of Occupational Medicine and Environment   (Greece)

^d European Union   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Changing work environment; Flexibility at work; OSH; Retirement age; Working time

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIVING CONDITIONS; METHODOLOGICAL TOOLS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SAFETY; SOCIAL WELL-BEING; TIME PRESSURES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK ORGANIZATION; WORK PRACTICES; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKING HOURS; WORKING TIME;

ACCIDENTS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONTRACT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FATIGUE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL LIFE; TIME; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953616828     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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