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An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
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| Creator | 1. Nur Azzalia Kamaruzaman 2. Sulastri Samsudin 3. Noor Afiza Abdul Rani 4. Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar 5. Mazlin Mohideen |
| Title | An epidemiological analysis of occupational poisoning in Malaysia: A retrospective study from the National Poison Centre |
| Publisher | Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2022 |
| Journal Title | Songklanakarin Journal of Science an Technology (SJST) |
| Journal Vol. | 44 |
| Journal No. | 5 |
| Page no. | 1264-1271 |
| Keyword | occupational safety and health, workplace, agriculture, manufacturing, pesticide |
| URL Website | https://sjst.psu.ac.th/ |
| ISSN | 0125-3395 |
| Abstract | The present study aims to describe occupational poisoning in Malaysia by assessing the epidemiological characteristicsand identifying the risk factors. Retrospective analysis of telephone enquiries made to the National Poison Centre (NPC)regarding occupational poisoning from 2006-2019 was conducted. The NPC received a total of 1,597 calls of occupationalpoisoning whereby sociodemographic analysis showed that the most high-risk group included males (80.7%) of Malay race(39.2%) aged between 19 and 29 years (33.6%) who were working at agricultural sites (42.9%) or factories (25.1%). Doctors(87.2%) reported mostly acute (95.5%) exposure through the major routes of inhalation (44.2%) and ingestion (36.6%). Dataanalysis indicated that state, age and race played a significant role (p<0.05) in determining whether occupational poisoningoccurred via pesticide (44.8%) or industrial agent (40.5%), which caused the majority of cases. This study emphasized theimportance of occupational safety and health (OSH) and the need for designing interventions, strategies and future research forquality improvements in safety at the workplace. |
