Relationships of physical job tasks and living conditions with occupational injuries in coal miners

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 352-358

  Bhattacherjee, Ashis ^a   Bertrand, Jean Pierre ^b   Meyer, Jean Pierre ^c   Benamghar, Lahoucine ^c   Otero Sierra, Carmen ^c   Michaely, Jean Pierre ^c   Ghosh, Apurna Kumar ^a   D'Houtaud, Alphonse ^c   Mur, Jean Marie ^c   Chau, Nearkasen ^c,d,e,f   Chau, N ^c,d   Guillemin, F ^c,d   Ravaud, J F ^c,d   Sanchez, J ^c,d   Guillaume, S ^c,d   Michaely, J P ^c,d   Otero Sierra, C ^c,d   Legras, B ^c,d   Dazord, A ^c,d   Choquet, M ^c,d   Mejean L ^c,d   Tubiana Rufi, N ^c,d   Meyer, J P ^c,d   Schleret Y ^c,d   Mur, J M ^c,d   more..

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Centre de Médecine du Travail   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Health status; Individual factors; Living conditions; Occupational injuries; Physical job tasks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COAL WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; COAL MINING; CONFINED SPACES; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OBESITY; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34249071071     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.352     Document Type: Article

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