A study on morbidity pattern of child labourers engaged in different occupations in a slum area of Calcutta

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Mallik, Sarmila ^a   Chaudhuri, Ramendra Narayan ^a,b   Biswas, Ranadeb ^a,b   Biswas, Biswajit ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Child labourers; Morbidity; Occupational hazards

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD LABOR; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PALLOR; PEDICULOSIS; SCABIES; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 4344609740     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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