Occupational Health in Mexico

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Sherry L. ; Carreon T ; Hernandez S ; Santos-Burgoa C
• Description:
  The authors discuss the maquiladoras and child labor, and offer an overview of the history of occupational safety and health in Mexico that covers laws and regulations, social security, unions, and enforcement of legislation. The organization and structure of the various institutions responsible for occupational safety and health (OSH), as well as administrative procedures, are described. This article concludes with a list of the new challenges for OSH in Mexico. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Occupational-health Occupational-safety-programs
• ISBN:
  9781560533764
• ISSN:
  0885-114X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  437-453
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20022992
• Citation:
  Occup Med: State of the Art Rev 2002 Jul; 17(3):437-453
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Tania Carreon, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mailstop R-16, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Editor(s):
  LaDou J
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Occupational Health in Industrializing Countries
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199589/cdc_199589_DS1.pdf
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