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Child labor in a rural Egyptian community: an epidemiological study

Eman Mohammed (emansameh7@yahoo.com), Ashraf Ewis and Eman Mahfouz

International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, issue 4, 637-644

Abstract: Working children are at high risk of many health problems. Poverty, parents’ illiteracy, large family size and fathers’ absence are the driving force for child labor in the rural community of Eastern Minia. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

Keywords: Child labor; Minia; Quarries; Work-related hazards; Health impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0559-5

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