Transfer activities among Canadian researchers: Evidence in occupational safety and health

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-415

  Laroche, Elena ^a   Amara, Nabil ^b  

^a Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Occupational safety and health; Research; Transfer activities

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC QUESTIONNAIRE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; TRANSFER ACTIVITIES;

HEALTH; RESEARCH;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79151472438     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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