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Occupational health risks and working conditions of sanitation workers in Nepal

A cross-sectional study

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ID15378083
AuthorsSara Hagedorn Kragh (Odense University Hospital, corresponding author), Samip Khatri (0000-0002-8228-2640, Nepal Red Cross Society), Gita Kumari Shah (0009-0003-9016-6038, Nepal Red Cross Society), Pratibha Bhandari (0000-0002-1611-1827, Nepal Red Cross Society), Sweta Koirala (0000-0003-2211-0510, Nepal Red Cross Society), K P Neupane (Nepal Red Cross Society), Kalidas Neupane, Niraj Bhattarai (Nepal Red Cross Society), Bipan Bahadur Tiwari (0009-0004-6840-8173), Sonam Magar (0009-0008-0179-2544, Nepal Red Cross Society), Antra Kapar (Nepal Red Cross Society), Monika Chaudhary (0000-0002-1609-4422, Nepal Red Cross Society), Subash Wagle (0009-0003-1260-5912, Nepal Red Cross Society), Sanjay Kumar Shah (Chitwan Medical College), Dinesh Neupane (0000-0002-2618-4130, Johns Hopkins University), Erik Jørs (0009-0003-5043-8027, University of Southern Denmark)
Year2026
Volume26
Issue1
Publication date2026-01-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-025-25194-7
PMID41578243
OpenAlexW7125523670
LanguageEN
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Biostatistics · Health risk · Occupational medicine · Occupational safety and health · Public health · Sanitation · Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure · Occupational exposure and asthma · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity · Epidemiology

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