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Document ID (ISN)57326
CIS number 92-159
ISSN - Serial title 0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine
Year 1991
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Richter D., Jacobs J.
Title Work injuries and exposures in children and young adults: Review and recommendations for action
Bibliographic information June 1991, Vol.19, No.6, p.747-769. 44 ref. Appendices.
Abstract Child labour is endemic in poor countries but also occurs in affluent countries. Little information has been available on injuries, disease, and effects on growth and development in the tens of millions of children at risk. Preventive and control measures are eliminating the gross abuses, tracing and banning hazardous exposures to toxic agents, eliminating risks of injuries and ergonomic strain, providing health services for working children through the primary health care network, and developing international fail-safe design standards for tools and work systems, if these children must work. There is a need to train public health professionals, paediatricians, and maternal and child health care personnel in carrying out simple descriptive epidemiological studies and setting up interventive programmes. Eliminating the worst conditions and controlling hazards where there is no imminent alternative to child labour are suggested as the basis for protecting children who are forced to work.
Descriptors (primary) occupational accidents; occupational diseases; young persons; injuries; child labour; mortality
Descriptors (secondary) poisoning; literature survey; parasitic diseases; pesticides; ergonomics; conditions of work; social aspects; statistics; epidemiologic study; chemical hazards; legislation; developing countries; physical hazards; agricultural operations
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceIsrael
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Child labour
Bacterial and parasitic diseases