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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