Gendered bodies: Recruitment, management and occupational health in northern Thailand's electronics factories

Women and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 7-26

  Theobald, Sally ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronics; Gender; Occupational health; Thailand; Work

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; DRUG USE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS; THAILAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036036848     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v35n04_02     Document Type: Article

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