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 MapItem type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 363.11933 FO CH (Browse shelf) | Available | T0054314 |
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363.110994 DU PL Planning work, health & safety : | 363.110994 PL AN Planning occupational health & safety : | 363.117 MA HE Health and safety at work : | 363.11933 FO CH Children at work : | 363.11966574099456 HO LE Lessons from Longford : | 363.11966574099456 HO LE Lessons from Longford : | 363.11969 LI EC An economic analysis on automated construction safety : |
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.