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- Forastieri, Valentina.
- 2nd ed. - Geneva ; [Great Britain] : International Labour Office, 2002.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (xiii, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations. Digital: data file.
- Summary
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- Children's health and hazardous work
- Current legislation and child labour
- International standards
- Sources of information on the health of working children
- Data on occupational injuries and work-related diseases
- The effects of work on the health status of working children
- Growth and development
- Malnutrition
- Morbidity and mortality
- Endemic diseases
- Diarrhoea
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Iron deficiency
- Iodine deficiency
- Acute respiratory infections (ARI)
- Adolescent health
- Occupational hazards for working children in specific occupations and industries
- Examples of hazardous occupations and their consequences for the health of working children
- Occupational accidents
- Occupational diseases
- Ergonomic hazards
- Harmful substances and sources of exposure
- Exposure to physical agents
- Psychosocial hazards
- Strategies to address child labour from a health perspective
- A policy framework at national level
- Priorities for action
- Evaluation of children's working conditions
- Identification and use of sources of information
- Expert system for the identification of occupational diseases in clinical and surveillance applications
- Sentinel Health Event (occupational)
- Health status evaluation
- Recommendations concerning chemical exposure
- Exposure limits
- An occupational safety and health programme
- Protected working conditions
- Extension of protection to other groups
- Access to health care through primary health care (PHC)
- Impact assessment.
