Occupational safety and health enforcement tools for preventing occupational diseases and injuries

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Mischke, Christina ^a   Verbeek, Jos H ^a   Job, Jenny ^b   Morata, Thais C ^c   Alvesalo Kuusi, Anne ^d   Neuvonen, Kaisa ^a   Clarke, Simon ^e   Pedlow, Robert I ^f  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Strategic Policy Branch   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^f Research and Evaluation Team   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYER ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE; INJURY; META ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84893395872     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010183.pub2     Document Type: Review

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