Injury and Mortality in Young Nepalese Migrant Workers: A Call for Public Health Action

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 703-705

  Aryal, Nirmal ^a   Regmi, Pramod R ^b,c   Van Teijlingen, Edwin ^b,c,d   Simkhada, Padam ^c,d,e   Adhikary, Pratik ^b   Bhatta, Yadav Kumar Deo ^f   Mann, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f Norvic International Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

global health; health care services; inequalities in health; population health; work place safety

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALAYSIA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NEPAL; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85003823238     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539516668628     Document Type: Article

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