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Perception and prevalence of work-related health hazards among health care workers in public health facilities in southern India

Arasi SenthilDepartment of Community MedicineSri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Balasubramanian AnandhDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryTagore Dental College and Hospital, Chennai, India
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Palsamy JayachandranDirector, Central Research Laboratory and Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Balaji Medical Collage and Hospital, Chennai, India
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Gurusamy ThangavelDepartment of Environmental Health EngineeringSri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India
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Diana JosephinDepartment of Environmental Health EngineeringSri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India
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Ravindran YaminiOccupational Health Physician, Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait
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Balakrishnan KalpanaDepartment of Environmental Health EngineeringSri Ramachandra University, Chennai, India
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Pages 74-81 | Published online: 08 Dec 2014

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