Advancing worker health and safety in the developing world

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-136

  Rosenstock, Linda ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^b   Fingerhut, Marilyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; SAFETY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 13644269215     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000152919.70232.84     Document Type: Review

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