Open AccessA qualitative study on physical health threatening factors of Iranian seafarers working on ocean going tankers
Author(s) -
Fereshteh Baygi,
Olaf Chresten Jensen,
Ali Asghar Farshad,
Farzad Shidfar,
Fatemeh MohammadiNasrabadi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international maritime health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2081-3252
pISSN - 1641-9251
DOI - 10.5603/imh.2018.0031
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , content analysis , qualitative research , qualitative analysis , psychology , environmental health , working environment , medicine , applied psychology , engineering , sociology , social science , mechanical engineering , population
Seafaring is a highly physically demanding profession in a risky environment due to exposure to unique job health related risk factors. The purpose of the study is to describe physical health threatening factors of Iranian seafarers working on tankers.