Community-based survey of maquiladora workers in Tijuana and Tecate, Mexico

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-315

  Takaro, Timothy K ^a   Gonzalez Arroyo, Michele ^b   Brown, Garrett D ^b   Brumis, Simone G ^b   Knight, Elizabeth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Maquiladoras; Occupational health and safety; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0033201599     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1999.5.4.313     Document Type: Review

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