Back to the future: Sweatshop conditions on the Mexico-U.S. Border. II. Occupational health impact of maquiladora industrial activity

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 587-599

  Moure Eraso, Rafael ^a,b   Wilcox, Meg ^a   Punnett, Laura ^a   MacDonald, Leslie ^a   Levenstein, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b Work Environment Department   (United States)

Author keywords

ergonomics; maquiladoras; occupational health; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031004731     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199705)31:5<587::AID-AJIM14>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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