background: with the rising of baking industries in bangladesh, more female workers are surprisingly engaged compared to male workers. the major aim of this study was to observe the working conditions, available safety facilities and hygiene maintained by the female workers. methods: a cross sectional survey was carried out among the randomly selected 384 female workers from different baking in...

AIMS The aim was to describe the mortality pattern among unskilled female industrial workers with the hypothesis that they were disadvantaged compared to other women and that smoking-related causes of death were in excess among them. METHODS The study group comprised 13349 women who had contributed at any time to a pension fund for unskilled industrial workers in Reykjavik during the time per...

the study of 10,504 cases of industrial accidents, involving 590,164 injured workers employed in different industries in tehran industrial pole during one year shows that the over all incidence rate is 17.80 with a significant variation in regard to age and the type of industry. furthermore, 96.58% 0t accidents have happened within the workshops. considering the final outcome of the accidents, ...

background: noise induced hearing loss (nihl) is the highest reported occupational disease among industrial workers but there is scarcity of data on disease burden in malaysia. this study estimated the risks and burden of nihl in manufacturing industries in malaysia. methods: this cross-sectional industrial survey was conducted by interviewing osh practitioners at 26 industries categorized as f...

Background Vietnam has experienced a strong wave of migrants to urban and industrialized areas. This is a challenge for both local and national governments, which need to address the problems of the poor and socially marginalized, including providing housing for rural-to-urban migrants. Poor housing and the economic burden of house renting are increasingly recognized as determinants of both phy...

BACKGROUND 2-Ethoxy ethyl acetate (2-EEA) is a solvent with broad industrial and commercial applications. It has been reported to cause hematological toxicity, infertility, and teratogenesis. AIMS To investigate the haematological effects in 2-EEA exposed workers. METHODS Workers from one silk screening shop (n = 29), using 2-EEA as the major cleaning and printing solvent, were recruited as...