Determinants of occupational injury: A case control study among textile factory workers in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia

Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Aderaw, Zewdie ^a   Engdaw, Dagnew ^b   Tadesse, Takele ^b  

^a DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TEXTILE WORKER; TRAINING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84855592088     PISSN: 16879686     EISSN: 16879694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/657275     Document Type: Article

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