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Incidence, Patterns And Associated Factors For Occupational Injuries Among Agricultural Workers In A Developing Country, Unaib Rabbani, Zafar Fatmi
Incidence, Patterns And Associated Factors For Occupational Injuries Among Agricultural Workers In A Developing Country, Unaib Rabbani, Zafar Fatmi
Community Health Sciences
Background: Injuries are common among agricultural workers, and a large section of the population is employed in agriculture worldwide. We aimed to determine the incidence, patterns and associated risk factors of occupational injuries among the agricultural workers in a developing country.
Methods: A cross-sectional study in Hyderabad, Pakistan was conducted from December 2012 to February 2013. Information was collected about incidence, pattern and associated risk factors of occupational injuries from 472 agricultural workers. Injury incidence and patterns for place, severity, type, agent, parts of body affected and work activity were calculated. Analysis was performed using SPSS version 19.0. Multivariate logistic …