title: Occupational health in Malaysia.
abstract: This article provides a detailed examination of Malaysian occupational health agencies and their roles in formulating and enforcing standards, promoting occupational health and safety (OSH), and providing advisory services. Available OSH training is described, and the need for policies and personnel in various industries is outlined. Further, the authors discuss how international models and collaboration have influenced Malaysian OSH, and how some successes can be repeated and failures remedied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Krishna Gopal
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Rampal
authors.forename: Tar-Ching
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Aw
authors.forename: Shamsul Bahrin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Jefferelli
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008296:Malaysia; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000193:education