Prospects and Pitfalls of Occupational Hazard Mapping: ‘Between These Lines There Be Dragons’.
Hazard data mapping is a promising new technique that can enhance the process of occupational exposure assessment and risk communication. Hazard maps have the potential to improve worker health by providing key input for the design of hazard intervention and control strategies. Hazard maps are devel...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Occupational Hygiene Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. 829 - 841 |
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| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Oct2011
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