Occupational health problems of highway restaurant workers of Pune, India

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 945-948

  Kokane, S ^a   Tiwari, R R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

burns; highway; infections; occupational health; Restaurant

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; KNIFE CUT; LIMB PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRURITUS; SKIN DISCOLORATION; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RESTAURANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255195650     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711399322     Document Type: Article

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