Occupational Safety and Health in Europe: Lessons from the past, challenges and opportunities for the future

Industrial Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-11

  Gagliardi, Diana ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Valenti, Antonio ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Policy development; Research priorities; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING; HISTORY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 84856840616     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1342     Document Type: Review

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