Occupational exposure to the municipal solid waste workers in Chandigarh, India

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1192-1195

  Ravindra, Khaiwal ^a   Kaur, Kamalpreet ^b   Mor, Suman ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clean India Mission; health risks; Informal worker; injuries; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTES;

INFORMAL WORKER; INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS; RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; WASTE COLLECTORS; WASTE PROCESSING;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

AGE STRUCTURE; ALLERGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NATIONAL PLANNING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CHANDIGARH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MALE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DANGEROUS GOODS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROCEDURES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHANDIGARH; INDIA;

PEMPHERIDIDAE;

DANGEROUS GOODS; SOLID WASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLID WASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991508453     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X16665913     Document Type: Article

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