Informal recycling and occupational health in Santo André, Brazil

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-15

  Gutberlet, Jutta ^a   Baeder, Angela M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Centro Universitario Fundacao Santo Andre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Developing world; Household waste; Informal recycling; Occupational health; Poverty

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WASTE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; GOVERNMENT; HAND INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MYALGIA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; SANTO ANDRE; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38649110121     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120701844258     Document Type: Article

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