Historical development in occupational and environmental health

Abstract

States that the last decade has seen a great growth in occupational health in the Asia‐Pacific region, despite the fact that significant gaps still exist. Occupational health and safety was often not a high priority in national policies or in individual enterprises. However, there have been growing awareness and several action‐oriented programmes to improve workplace health in recent years. Gives several examples.

Citation

Kogi, K. (1997), "Historical development in occupational and environmental health", Environmental Management and Health, Vol. 8 No. 5, pp. 151-153. https://doi.org/10.1108/09566169710179139