Occupational injury among migrant workers in China: A systematic review

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 348-354

  Fitzgerald, Simon ^a   Chen, Xin ^b   Qu, Hui ^c   Sheff, Mira Grice ^d  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84884703981     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040578     Document Type: Article

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