TY - JOUR PY - 2006// TI - The Extent of Regulatory Consensus on Health and Safety Expenditure: Part 1: Development of the J-Value Technique and Evaluation of Regulators' Recommendations JO - Process safety and environmental protection A1 - Thomas, P.J. A1 - Stupples, D.W. A1 - Alghaffar, M.A. SP - 329 EP - 336 VL - 84 IS - 5 N2 - The new J-value technique is developed from a life-quality index that is a function of life expectancy, average income and work-life balance. The method is used to assess the degree of consensus on health and safety expenditure amongst regulators across different sectors of the economy. A measure of agreement is found in the regulator's theoretical recommendations.
LA - SN - 0957-5820 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1205/psep05005 ID - ref1 ER -