A review on the occupational health of sugar cane workers
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https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v7i8.3494Abstract
Sugar industry is a growing sector to combat increasing demands of sweeteners throughout the world. Sugar, molasses, jiggery, khandasari etc. are made from sugarcane whereas bagasses and ethanol are the by-products. Poor rural people are directly engaged in the production work under various stressful conditions. Prevalence of several fatal occupational and workplace health hazards is seen among these sugarcane industry workers. Research works of different investigators are reviewed to highlight problems of sugarcane workers for future scopes of work.Downloads
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