Drudgery, Accidents and Injuries in Indian Agriculture

Industrial Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-162

  Nag, Pranab Kumar ^a   Nag, Anjali ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Chaff cutting; Farm machinery; Farming drudgery and accidents; Grain threshing; Harvesting; Pesticide application; Seedbed preparation; Tractor accidents; Transplanting; Weeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ERGONOMICS; FALLING; FATALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LAW; MACHINE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 2142656051     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.42.149     Document Type: Review

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