Open AccessSituational analysis of industrial hygienists in India
Author(s) -
Rajnarayan R Tiwari,
Anjali Sharma,
Sanjay Zodpey,
Shruti Patel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5278.165333
Subject(s) - workforce , occupational hygiene , officer , business , curriculum , occupational safety and health , quality (philosophy) , operations management , engineering , economic growth , medicine , political science , economics , pathology , law , philosophy , epistemology
Industrial growth in India has resulted in increased employment opportunities thereby inflating the size of the workforce engaged in both organized and unorganized sectors. This workforce is exposed to various occupational factors at workplace and hence is susceptible to occupational diseases, the control of which requires trained occupational health manpower.