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Original Research

Occupational hazards among the abattoir workers associated with noncompliance to the meat processing and waste disposal laws in Malaysia

Auwalu Abdullahi1 Institute for Community Development and Quality of Life (i-CODE), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kampus Gong Badak;2 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kampus Kota, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia;3 Department of Animal Health and Husbandry, Audu Bako College of Agriculture Dambatta, Kano, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Azmi Hassan1 Institute for Community Development and Quality of Life (i-CODE), Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kampus Gong Badak
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Norizhar Kadarman2 Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kampus Kota, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
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Yakubu Muhammad Junaidu3 Department of Animal Health and Husbandry, Audu Bako College of Agriculture Dambatta, Kano, Nigeria
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Olanike Kudrat Adeyemo4 Center for Human and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;5 Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Pei Lin Lua6 Community Health Research Cluster, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kampus Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Pages 157-163 | Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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