World at work: Brazilian ragpickers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 736-740

  Da Silva, M C ^a   Fassa, A G ^a   Siqueira, C E ^b   Kriebel, D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOSAFETY; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GARBAGE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POVERTY; RISK; TEXTILES; WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 25444486109     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020164     Document Type: Review

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