Disease and Health Status of Tannery Workers of Bangladesh.

Abstract

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of chemical or metal on the physical health of the tannery workers, fish sellers, cleaners and mechanic workers in Dhaka city. Two hundred and fifty one tannery workers respondents were selected by purposive sampling method as samples for the present study The main objective of the present study was to investigate the effect of work environment on the physical health of workers. The specific objectives were: (i)To investigate overall physical health of the tannery workers, To investigate which disease and symptom is most prominent among them. For Collecting data physical health questionnaires were applied on the respondents of the present research.