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Preventing occupational disease and injury in developing countries.

Authors
Levy BS; Rest KM; Fingerhut MA
Source
Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition. Levy BS, Wagner GR, Rest KM, Weeks JL, eds. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2005 Jan; :555-558
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
20026591
Abstract
The following represents additional considerations for preventing occupational disease and injury in developing countries, where average annual income are low, the informal sector of the economy is generally large, most people are subsistence farmers, and work tends to be labor-intensive.
Keywords
Occupational-health; Occupational-health-programs; Occupational-safety-programs; Occupational-diseases; Diseases; Disease-control; Disease-prevention; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Demographic-characteristics; Farmers; Agricultural-workers; Age-factors; Age-groups; Health-hazards; Health-care-facilities
Publication Date
20050101
Document Type
Chapter
Editors
Levy BS; Wagner GR; Rest KM; Weeks JL
Fiscal Year
2005
ISBN No.
9780875530437
NIOSH Division
OD
Source Name
Preventing occupational disease and injury, second edition
State
DC
Page last reviewed: May 11, 2023
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division