Prevalence and associated factors of occupational injuries among municipal solid waste collectors in four zones of Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia

• Main Authors: Debassu Eskezia (Author), Zewdie Aderaw (Author), Kedir Y. Ahmed (Author), Fentaw Tadese (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Refuse collectors are at a high risk for fatal and non-fatal occupational accidents. This is more intensified in developing countries, like Ethiopia, due to physically demanding nature of the job. However, information on occupational injuries and related factors are almost non-ex...