Networking grassroots efforts to improve safety and health in informal economy workplaces in Asia

Industrial Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-47

  Kawakami, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a ILO Subregional Office for East Asia   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Home workers; Informal economy; Networking support; Participatory training; Small construction sites

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAOS; MONGOLIA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SANITATION; STANDARD; THAILAND; TRAINING; VIET NAM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

CAMBODIA; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; THAILAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33644523445     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.44.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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