title: Global construction health and safety--what works, what does not, and why?
abstract: The marginalization of construction workers makes them especially vulnerable in terms of poor occupational health and safety standards and lax enforcement, with resulting disabilities. A sound research base is needed to rectify this situation. Efforts to raise awareness of construction hazards and ameliorate them are described.
authors.affiliation: Occupational and Environmental Health Research Group, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland. aew1@stir.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watterson
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards*; D007750:Labor Unions; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D017751:Safety Management