Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among textile factory workers at Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia
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Utilization of personal protective equipment and associated factors among textile factory workers at Hawassa Town, Southern Ethiopia
BACKGROUND Use of personal protective equipment is one of the important measures to safeguard workers from exposure to occupational hazards, especially in developing countries. However, there is a dearth of studies describing personal protective equipment utilization in Ethiopia. The present study has determined the magnitude of personal protective equipment utilization and identified associate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1745-6673
DOI: 10.1186/s12995-016-0096-7