Awareness of occupational hazards and utilization of safety measures among welders in Kaduna metropolis, Northern Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-51

  Sabitu, Kabir ^a   Iliyasu, Z ^b   Dauda, M M ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Nigeria; Occupational Health hazards; Welders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACKACHE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE; HAND INJURY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; WELDING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349117375     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.55764     Document Type: Article

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