Essential occupational safety and health interventions for low- and middle-income countries: An overview of the evidence

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-83

  Verbeek, Jos ^a   Ivanov, Ivan ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

evidence based; intervention studies; occupational health policy; WHO

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BACKACHE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; INCOME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING;

EID: 84887732868     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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