Occupational injuries in a synthetic fibre factory in Iran

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-65

  Sanati, Kaveh A ^a   Yadegarfar, Ghasem ^b   Naghavi, Seyed Hamid Reza ^c   Sadr, Amir H ^a   Gholami, Mohhamad ^b   Hadipour, Maryam ^b   Sanati, Javad G H ^d  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Derriford Hospital ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Fall; Iran; Synthetic fibre factory; Work related injuries

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IRAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; IRAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 58149392456     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn161     Document Type: Article

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