Document ID (ISN) | 108329 |
CIS number |
08-872 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0788-4877 - African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety |
Year |
2007 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Ndiaye N., Wickramasekara P., Comlan P., Mouanga A., Ezinah F., Nambo Wezet G., Obiang Ossubita B., Valenti A., Boccuni F., Giona F., Iavicoli S., Drimie S., Kiama Mwaniki N., Lehtinen S. |
Title |
Migrant workers |
Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2007, Vol.17, No.3, p.58-79 (whole issue). Illus. Bibl.ref. |
Internet access |
http://www.ttl.fi/NR/rdonlyres/2D1F2747-28C0-4F94-89FC-6CDD0593F55E/0/african32007.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
Contents of this collection of articles on the occupational safety and health of migrant workers in Africa: health hazards for migrant workers in Africa; occupational safety and health implications of globalization and cross-border migration among migrant workers in Africa; working conditions and job satisfaction among Sub-Saharan migrant female workers in Gabon; migration of nurses from developing to developed countries; migration, AIDS and urban food security in Southern and Eastern Africa; work-related stress; review of a regional workshop in Africa on improving workers' heath organized by the WHO. |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational hygiene; occupational diseases; Africa; developing countries; conditions of work; migrant workers; ILO |
Descriptors (secondary) |
Botswana; Congo, Democratic Republic of; Gabon; South Africa; WHO; conference; immunodeficiency syndrome; nursing personnel; stress factors; women; agriculture; state of health |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Botswana; Switzerland; Congo, Republic of; Finland; Gabon; ILO; Italy; South Africa |
Subject(s) |
Generalities
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Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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Browse category(ies) |
Globalization OSH in developing countries
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