Health problems of Nepalese migrants working in three Gulf countries

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Joshi, Suresh ^a   Simkhada, Padam ^b   Prescott, Gordon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CARPENTER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIGRANT WORKER; NEPAL; NEPALESE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PLUMBER; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCAFFOLDER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79953080419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-11-3     Document Type: Article

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