A global survey on occupational health services in selected international commission on occupational health (ICOH) member countries

Table 4 Human resources for OHS

OHS personnel	Availability in the country		Data available on the numbers		Numbers of OHS personnel	% of total
	n	%	n	%
Occupational health physicians	49	100	43	88	143,522	35
Occupational health nurses	34	69	29	59	75,365	18
Occupational hygienists	33	67	29	59	35,290	9
Safety engineers	40	85	28	57	149,147	35
Ergonomists/occupational physiotherapists	31	63	24	49	9753	2
Occupational psychologists	25	31	19	39	2953	1
Total					416,030

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