Immigrant populations, work and health - A systematic literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 96-104

  Ahonen, Emily Q ^a,b   Benavides, Fernando G ^a   Benach, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign worker; Labor migrant; Migrant worker; Occupational disease; Occupational health; Occupational injury; Occupational safety

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH AND SAFETY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR POLICY; MIGRANT WORKER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 34249087444     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1112     Document Type: Review

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