Working conditions and health in Central America: A survey of 12 024 workers in six countries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 459-465

  Benavides, Fernando G ^a,b,c   Wesseling, Catharina ^d   Delclos, George L ^a,b,c,e   Felknor, Sarah ^e,f   Pinilla, Javier ^g   Rodrigo, Fernando ^a,h  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

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

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^g Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo   (Spain)

^h Instituto Sindical de Trabajo Ambiente y Salud (ISTAS)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; DEMOGRAPHY; EL SALVADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HONDURAS; HUMAN; MACHINE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NICARAGUA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTRACTS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SECURITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84902343591     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101908     Document Type: Article

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