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Prevalence and determinants of occupational injuries among emergency medical technicians in Northern Ghana

BACKGROUND: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are the primary providers of prehospital emergency medical services. The operations of EMTs increase their risks of being exposed to occupational injuries. However, there is a paucity of data on the prevalence of occupational injuries among EMTs in su...

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Autores principales:	Awini, Ali Baba, Opoku, Douglas Aninng, Ayisi-Boateng, Nana Kwame, Osarfo, Joseph, Sulemana, Alhassan, Yankson, Isaac Kofi, Osei-Ampofo, Maxwell, Zackaria, Ahmed Nuhu, Newton, Sam
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2023
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10129006/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37098096 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284943

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