The relationship between health and quitting work among electronic industry female workers in Tijuana;Relacion entre salud y renuncia al empleo en trabajadoras de la industria maquiladora electronica de Tijuana

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 286-296

  Guendelman, Sylvia ^a   Samuels, Steven ^a   Ramírez Zetina, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Epidemiologia   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electronic parts factories; Mexico; Occupational health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0032832066     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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