Major health risk factors in iranian hand- woven carpet industry

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-78

  Choobineh, Alireza ^a   Shahnavaz, Houshang ^b   Lahmi, Mohammadali ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cottage industries; Hand woven carpet industry; Industrially developing countries; Small scale industries

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BUILDING; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; IRAN; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HAND INJURIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; IRAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 1842830671     PISSN: 10803548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2004.11076596     Document Type: Article

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