A knowledge infrastructure for occupational safety and health

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1262-1268

  Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Verbeek, Jos H ^a,c   Hoving, Jan L ^a   Hulshof, Carel T J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Society of Occupational Medicine NVAB   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRINTING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING;

EID: 78650987201     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318202f2c5     Document Type: Article

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