Social determinants of workers' health in Central America

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Aurora, Aragón ^a   Partanen, Timo ^b   Felknor, Sarah ^c   Corriols, Marianela ^a  

^a Center for Research on Healt   (Nicaragua)

^b Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances (IRET)   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central America; Developing countries; Health promotion; Work related determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053309367     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.3.230     Document Type: Article

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