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Musculoskeletal Disorder Symptoms among Workers at an Informal Electronic-Waste Recycling Site in Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Informal recycling of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has myriad environmental and occupational health consequences, though information about the chronic musculoskeletal health effects on workers is limited. The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence and intensity of self-reported...

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Autores principales:	Acquah, Augustine A., D’Souza, Clive, Martin, Bernard J., Arko-Mensah, John, Dwomoh, Duah, Nti, Afua Asabea Amoabeng, Kwarteng, Lawrencia, Takyi, Sylvia A., Basu, Niladri, Quakyi, Isabella A., Robins, Thomas G., Fobil, Julius N.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2021
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7923259/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33669889 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18042055

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