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Children at work : health and safety risks / Valentina Forastieri.
ISBN:
9789221113997

9789221137900

9789221162360

9781280028212
Title:
Children at work : health and safety risks / Valentina Forastieri.
Author:
Forastieri, Valentina.
Personal Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Geneva ; [Great Britain] : International Labour Office, 2002.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 169 pages, [8] pages of plates) : color illustrations.
Series:
ILO child labour collection
General Note:
Previous edition: 1997.
Contents:
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.
Local Note:
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Format:
Electronic Resources
Electronic Access:
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Publication Date:
2002
Publication Information:
Geneva ; [Great Britain] : International Labour Office, 2002.