Validity Assessment of the Persian Version of the Nordic Safety Climate Questionnaire (NOSACQ-50): A Case Study in a Steel Company |
Yousefi, Yadolah
(School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences)
Jahangiri, Mehdi (Research Center for Health Science, Department of Occupational Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) Choobineh, Alireza (Research Center for Health Science, Department of Ergonomics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) Tabatabaei, Hamidreza (Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) Keshavarzi, Sareh (Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences) Shams, Ali (Health and Safety Department, Parsarman Company) Mohammadi, Younes (Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences) |
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