Work-related health problems among resident immigrant workers in Italy and Spain

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rosano, Aldo ^a   Ronda, Elena ^b,c,d   Benavides, Fernando G ^b,d   Cacciani, Laura ^a   Baglio, Giovanni ^a   Spagnolo, Amedeo ^a  

^a Laboratorio di Scienze Biomediche e Statistiche   (Italy)

^b Center for Research on Occupational Health (CISAL)   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Labour force survey; Migrants; Work related diseases; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867021857     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2427/7528     Document Type: Article

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