Child labour in footwear industry: Possible occupational health hazards

Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-9

  Tiwari, Rajnarayan R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Child labor; Footwear industry; Neurotoxicity; Occupational Cancer

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; NEOPRENE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUME; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LUNG DISEASE; MANUAL LABOR; NEUROTOXICITY; NOSE CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; SHOE INDUSTRY;

EID: 18644379321     PISSN: 00195278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5278.16034     Document Type: Review

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