Occupational morbidities and their association with nutrition and environmental factors among textile workers of desert areas of Rajasthan, India

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-377

  Singh, Madhu B ^a   Fotedar, Ranjana ^a   Lakshminarayana, J ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Desert; Environment; Occupational morbidities; Smoking; Textile workers

Indexed keywords

ACID; DYE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DESERT; EAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FUME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRINTING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH DISEASE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WELFARE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEXTILES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 26444501415     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13419145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.371     Document Type: Article

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