Changing gender roles and health impacts among female workers in export-processing industries in Sri Lanka

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2301-2312

  Attanapola, Chamila T ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Export processing workers; Gender roles; Health impacts; Sri Lanka; Women's work

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HEALTH IMPACT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; MENTAL HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; SRI LANKA; TRAVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 1642463046     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.08.022     Document Type: Article

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