This paper reviews the role and importance of small-scale industries together with the issue
of occupational health problems and their causes in Iranian hand-woven carpet industry as …

Recent industrialization and globalizations are changing the Indian occupational morbidity
drastically. Traditionally labor-oriented markets are on change towards more automation …

Background Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries
involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork and metalwork are exposed to various …

Mortality in children under five years old has been dramatically reduced through successful
programmes of immunization and control of diarrhoeal diseases. UNICEF estimates that …

Aims: To explore associations between work status and multidimensional health indices in a
sample of urban Lebanese children. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was used to …

Recent literature shows that the prevalence of low back pain (LBP) in adolescents living in
Western countries approaches that of adults 18–55 years of age. Moreover, epidemiological …

Background Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is a common and disabling problem among carpet
weavers and is linked to physical and psychosocial factors of work. This study aimed to …

Occupational health and safety research and prevention programs in developing countries
have focused almost exclusively on large‐scale industries. The informal sector—especially …

Objectives. Worldwide, over 200 million children are involved in child labor, with another 20
million children subjected to forced labor, leading to acute and chronic exposures resulting …

Health benefits of eliminating child labour Page 1 International Programme on the Elimination
of Child Labour (IPEC) International Labour Office Health benefits of eliminating child labour …