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Children at work : health and safety risks

By: Forastieri, Valentina
Material type: BookSeries: Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Office, 2002; ©1997.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 169 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789221113997Subject(s): Industrial hygiene -- Law and legislation | Industrial safety -- Law and legislation | Labor laws and legislation, International | Child labor -- Health aspects | Child labor -- Law and legislation | Child welfare | Industrial accidents | Occupational health and safety -- Law and legislation | Labor laws and legislationDDC classification: 363.11/933 Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
Provides information on occupations that are hazardous to the health and safety of child workers, and describes a framework for the development of a strategy to address the problem of child labor.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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363.11933 FO CH (Browse shelf) Available T0054314
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Provides information on occupations that are hazardous to the health and safety of child workers, and describes a framework for the development of a strategy to address the problem of child labor.

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