Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among textile factory workers at Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tadesse, Sebsibe ^a   Kelaye, Temesgen ^b   Assefa, Yalemzewod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Health Research and Technology Transfer Support Process   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Hazard control; Personal protective equipment; Safety; Textile factory; Workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84958968830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12995-016-0096-7     Document Type: Article

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