An international comparison of women's occupational health issues in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore: The CIDA-SEAGEP Study

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 515-522

  Choi, Bernard C K ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developed countries; Developing countries; Occupational health; Women's health issues; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALAYSIA; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; SINGAPORE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THAILAND; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ASIA; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 28044446517     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi147     Document Type: Article

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