Factors of occupational injury: A survey in a chemical company

Industrial Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-157

  Saha, Asim ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a   Vasudevan, D M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

^b AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical company; Job experience; Nature of employment; Occupational injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING HABIT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARECA; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSERVICE TRAINING; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41949141784     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.46.152     Document Type: Review

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