Occupational hazards, living conditions, and physical assault of sugar cane workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1117-1127

  Robins, Thomas G ^a,b   Salie, Fazia ^a   Gwagwa, Thembeka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COLLAPSE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SYNCOPE; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031718764     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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