Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Summary

Topics covered include child labour, occupational health, occupational safety, developed country, developing country.

Subject: Child labor.; Industrial hygiene.; Industrial safety.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Health & Safety.; Travail.; Pays en développement.; Droits homme > Enfant.; Child labor.; Industrial hygiene.; Industrial safety.; Kinderarbeid.; Arbeidsomstandigheden.; Gezondheidseffecten.; Gesundheitsgefährdung; Kinderarbeit; Enfants > Travail > Pays en voie de développement.; Sécurité du travail.; Hygiène du travail.; Child labour --; Health hazards; International labour standards --; Children; Children --; Working conditions; Occupational safety --; Children

Publication date: 2002
Series: ILO child labour collection
Note: Previous edition: 1997.
ISBN: 922111399X (pbk.); 9789221113997 (pbk.); 9789221137900 (electronic bk.); 9221137902 (electronic bk.); 9789221162360; 9221162362; 1280028211 (ebk); 9781280028212 (ebk)

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