Occupational Health and Safety post-graduation courses in Europe: A general overview

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-442

  Arezes, Pedro M ^a   Swuste, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Europe; OHS; Post graduation; Safety

Indexed keywords

APPLIED SCIENCE; DOCTORAL PROGRAMS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT; LEGAL ISSUES; MASTER COURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; OHS; POST-GRADUATION; QUALITY SYSTEMS; SAFETY PROFESSIONALS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; SURVEYS;

TEACHING;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 84855344291     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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