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Children at work : health and safety risks /

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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forastieri, Valentina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Geneva ; [Great Britain] : International Labour Office, 2002.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:ILO child labour collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.