Development of risk assessment tool for foundry workers
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Summary
The study demonstrates the prevalence of risk factors amongst foundry workers and the effectiveness of the proposed index in estimating the risk factor levels.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 35
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Keywords
Work (physics), Scale (ratio), Occupational safety and health, Human factors and ergonomics, Index (typography)
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