Conducting organizational-level occupational health interventions: What works?

Work and Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 234-259

  Nielsen, Karina ^a   Randall, Raymond ^b   Holten, Ann Louise ^a   González, Eusebio Rial ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c European Agency for Safety and Health at Work   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Occupational health interventions; Participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649707131     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2010.515393     Document Type: Article

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