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Small- and medium-sized enterprises’ preferences for occupational health services and willingness to pay

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Small- and medium-sized enterprises’ preferences for occupational health services and willingness to pay. / Cacace, Mirella; Franz, Ingrid; Braun-Beustrin, Daniel et al.

Healthy at Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. ed. / Markus Wiencke; Mirella Cacace; Sebastian Fischer. Springer International Publishing AG, 2016. p. 197-215.

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Harvard

Cacace, M, Franz, I, Braun-Beustrin, D & Ratz, D 2016, Small- and medium-sized enterprises’ preferences for occupational health services and willingness to pay. in M Wiencke, M Cacace & S Fischer (eds), Healthy at Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer International Publishing AG, pp. 197-215. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_16

APA

Cacace, M., Franz, I., Braun-Beustrin, D., & Ratz, D. (2016). Small- and medium-sized enterprises’ preferences for occupational health services and willingness to pay. In M. Wiencke, M. Cacace, & S. Fischer (Eds.), Healthy at Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 197-215). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_16

Vancouver

Cacace M, Franz I, Braun-Beustrin D, Ratz D. Small- and medium-sized enterprises’ preferences for occupational health services and willingness to pay. In Wiencke M, Cacace M, Fischer S, editors, Healthy at Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Springer International Publishing AG. 2016. p. 197-215 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_16

Bibtex

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