Contextualising workers' health and safety in urban settings: The need for a global perspective and an integrated approach

Habitat International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-236

  Barten, Francoise ^a   Santana, Vilma Sousa ^b   Rongo, Larama ^c   Varillas, Walter ^d   Pakasi, Trevino A ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d ALAMES   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Comprehensive public health care; Health equity; Informal work; Urbanisation; Workers' health

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 40949125301     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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