| Major health risk factors in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry. | |
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PMID: 15028195 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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This paper reviews the role and importance of small-scale industries together with the issue of occupational health problems and their causes in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry as a typical informal small-scale industry in an industrially developing country. The objective of this paper is to review health risk factors and related occupational health and ergonomic problems in the carpet industry. Since the overwhelming majority of weavers' health problems originate from ergonomic risk factors, it is concluded that any improvement program in this industry should focus on ergonomic aspects. To assess ergonomic conditions in weaving workshops, a checklist has been developed and an ergonomics index indicating the ergonomic conditions of the workshop has been proposed. To test and verify the checklist, 50 weaving workshops were visited and their ergonomic conditions were assessed. Based on the results some modifications were made and the checklist was shown to be an effective tool. |
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Authors:
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Alireza Choobineh; Houshang Shahnavaz; Mohammadali Lahmi |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of occupational safety and ergonomics : JOSE Volume: 10 ISSN: 1080-3548 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Occup Saf Ergon Publication Date: 2004 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-03-18 Completed Date: 2004-04-16 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9507598 Medline TA: Int J Occup Saf Ergon Country: Poland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 65-78 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Occupational Health Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 14155-6446, Tehran, I.R. Iran. alrchoobin@sums.ac.ir |
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Cumulative Trauma Disorders
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etiology Floors and Floorcoverings Hand Injuries / etiology Human Engineering* Humans Iran Musculoskeletal Diseases / etiology Occupational Exposure Risk Factors Safety* Safety Management Task Performance and Analysis* Textile Industry / manpower, methods* |
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