Is there an economic case for training intervention in the manual material handling sector of developing countries?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 207-214

  Lahiri, Supriya ^a   Tempesti, Tommaso ^a   Gangopadhyay, Somnath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL SERVICE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PRESENTEEISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRAINING; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; ADULT; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFTING; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84957958504     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000603     Document Type: Article

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