Health of children working in small urban industrial shops

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-94

  Nuwayhid, I A ^a   Usta, J ^a   Makarem, M ^a   Khudr, A ^b   El Zein, A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAIL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEBANON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 12944275544     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.015503     Document Type: Article

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