Perception and prevalence of work-related health hazards among health care workers in public health facilities in Southern India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-81

  Senthil, Arasi ^a   Anandh, Balasubramanian ^b   Jayachandran, Palsamy ^c   Thangavel, Gurusamy ^a   Josephin, Diana ^a   Yamini, Ravindran ^d   Kalpana, Balakrishnan ^a  

^a SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TAGORE DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c SREE BALAJI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Kuwait National Petroleum Company   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Ergonomic; Health workers; India; Occupational hazards; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

DANGEROUS GOODS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925070731     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2049396714Y.0000000096     Document Type: Article

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