Using Epidemiology and Neurotoxicology to Reduce Risks to Young Workers

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• Alternative Title:
  Neurotoxicology
• Personal Author:
  Rohlman, Diane S. ; Nuwayhid, Iman ; Ismail, Ahmed ; Saddik, Basema
• Description:
  Children around the world are working in hazardous or unsafe conditions and they are at risk to injury through manual labor and susceptible to poisoning due to chemical exposures in the work place. Because of their behavior and the developmental changes occurring throughout childhood and adolescence children are more vulnerable to injury. Often children work because of economic necessity, coming from families living in extreme poverty, with poor housing conditions, unsafe water supplies, poor sanitation, and inadequate food supplies making them even more vulnerable to poor developmental outcomes. This presents a multifaceted problem that can be challenging to address. Although many studies have examined occupational risks among adults very few studies have examined the impact of these risks on children. This paper reflects a summary of the talks from the symposium "Using Epidemiology and Neurotoxicology to Reduce Risks to Young Workers" presented at the 13th International Neurotoxicology Association Meeting and the 11th International Symposium on Neurobehavioral Methods and Effects in Occupational and Environmental Health in Xi'an China in June 2011. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that children are exposed to various neurotoxicants, show increased symptoms and health problems and are working in hazardous conditions with minimal safety restrictions. Other studies have identified neurotoxicology effects in children from occupational exposures. Prevention methods have potential for reducing risks to young workers short of eliminating child labor and should be addressed to multiple stakeholders, parents, employers and children.
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Adolescent Health Services Adult Age Factors Agricultural Workers' Diseases Agriculture Child Child Development Child Health Services Developing Countries Egypt Employment Female Humans Lebanon Male Neurotoxicity Syndromes Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Pesticides Poverty Risk Assessment Risk Factors Solvents United States Young Adult

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• Source:
  Neurotoxicology. 2012; 33(4):817-822
• Pubmed ID:
  22394482
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3400703
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R21 ES017223/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R21 ES015472-01/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R21 ES015472/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54OH007544/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U50 OH007544/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R21 ES017223-01/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U54 OH007544/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R21ES015472/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c85f84375aecdc80ae5e32ffd345eae6e6065a558ef4f75420cc7ed69de14a2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33402/cdc_33402_DS1.pdf
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