Working conditions and health status of child workers: Cross-sectional study of the students at an apprenticeship school in Kocaeli

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-12

  Caglayan, Cigdem ^a   Hamzaoglu, Onur ^a   Yavuz, Cavit I ^a   Yüksel, Selim ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child labour; Height; Weight; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 76249124642     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02881.x     Document Type: Article

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