Metal Exposure in Child Workers: Assessing Hazards in Surgical Instrument Manufacturing Workshops
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Metal Exposure in Child Workers: Assessing Hazards in Surgical Instrument Manufacturing Workshops
The International Labor Organization estimates that tens of millions of children work in hazardous conditions around the world. In Sialkot, Pakistan, the primary site for surgical instrument production in the developing world, many children labor in dusty workshops producing these items. In a new cross-sectional study researchers report high metal exposures possibly linked to higher rates of re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.120-a403b