Occupational medicine is in demise: The British Health and Safety executive is failing in its statutory duty to protect workers from occupational disease

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Raynal, Anne ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

BRITISH CITIZEN; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84951806891     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5905     Document Type: Short Survey

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