Risk assessment and measurement of hazards in estonian enterprises

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1165-1170

  Tint, Piia ^a   Järvis, Marina ^a   Reinhold, Karin ^a   Paas, Õnnela ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Measurement of hazards; Occupational hazards; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956976939     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2009.170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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