Ankita Tandon describes for SIIC the most significant aspects of his article describe para SIIC los aspectos relevantes de su artículo Identification of awkward postures adopted while at work using OWAS IDENTIFICATION OF AWKWARD POSTURES THAT CAUSE DISCOMFORT TO LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS WORKERS IN MUMBAI, INDIA These findings provide a prima facie evidence of higher occupational stresses among the LPG workers because of identified specific stressors prevalent in their jobs and explore the possible intervention strategies for its reduction.Based on these findings, further assessment now can be ascertained to be aimed at the manual handling of he LPG cylinders using a The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH lifting index. The article was published by El artículo fue publicado por
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