TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Risk factors and health effects in the land transport sector
JO  - Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia
A1  - Cristaudo, A.
SP  - 360
EP  - 364
VL  - 34
IS  - 3
N2  - Transport is a particularly complex sector. There are companies of different size that perform public or private transport, by road or rail, goods or passengers. Companies involved in the sector in Italy are 137,394 with 1,121,203 workers. There are also about 150,000 workers of auxiliary services and an unknown number of workers engaged in intra-companies transportation of goods. The main risk factors are those due to the high probability of accidents, the presence of noise and vibration, ergonomic aspects, work-related stress. Health surveillance is carried out by various organizations and individuals identified by the rules. Medical controls for professional driving licence are performed by local authorities and preventive and periodic health surveillance and medical fitness about occupational risk according to the law (Legislative Decree 81/08) depends on the responsibility of the company physician.<p />  <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 1592-7830
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -