A 21st Century approach to assessing the protection of workers' health

Work

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-278

  Rosskam, Ellen ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS   (United States)

^d GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

occupational health and safety; Rights based approach; women workers; work security index; worker protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE;

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79956068778     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1130     Document Type: Article

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