Assessment of health and safety solutions at a construction site

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 728-737

  Dejus, Titas ^a   Antuchevičiene, Jurgita ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

construction site; entropy; health and safety solutions; MCDM; occupational hazard; occupational safety; risk; WASPAS

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SITES; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MCDM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; WASPAS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENTROPY; HAZARDS; RISKS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84887516695     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: 18223605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/13923730.2013.812578     Document Type: Article

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