Briefing: The adverse health and safety influence of subcontracting

Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers: Management, Procurement and Law

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 169-171

  Manu, Patrick ^a   Ankrah, Nii ^a   Proverbs, David ^a   Sures, Subashini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health safety; Procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053979649     PISSN: 17514304     EISSN: 17514312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/mpal.10.00008     Document Type: Article

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