Industrial occupational safety and health innovation for sustainable development

Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 372-380

  Jilcha, Kassu ^a   Kitaw, Daniel ^b  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Innovation; Pillars; Safety and health; Sustainable development; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031401479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22150986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jestch.2016.10.011     Document Type: Article

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