dc.creator | Yohannessen, Karla | |
dc.creator | Pinto-Galleguillos, Daniela | |
dc.creator | Parra-Giordano, Denisse | |
dc.creator | Agost, Amaranta | |
dc.creator | Valdés, Macarena | |
dc.creator | Smith, Lauren M. | |
dc.creator | Galen, Katherine | |
dc.creator | Arain, Aubrey | |
dc.creator | Rojas, Felipe | |
dc.creator | Neitzel, Richard L. | |
dc.creator | Ruiz Rudolph, Pablo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-15T12:23:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-15T12:23:48Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-10-15T12:23:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Volumen 16, Issue 3, 2019, | |
dc.identifier | 16604601 | |
dc.identifier | 16617827 | |
dc.identifier | 10.3390/ijerph16030386 | |
dc.identifier | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/171619 | |
dc.description.abstract | Little research has been done to evaluate the occupational health of electronic waste (e-waste) recycling workers in Latin America. The objective of this study was to complete comprehensive health evaluations on e-waste recycling workers in Chile and to compare those that work in informal (i.e., independent) to those that work in formal (i.e., established company) settings. A cross-sectional study in the summer of 2017 recruited 78 informal recycling workers from two cities and 15 formal e-waste recycling workers from a single recycling facility to assess exposures and health outcomes. Participants completed a health questionnaire and underwent a full health assessment. Herein, only health questionnaire data are reported. Participants were primarily male, middle-aged, married with children, and had worked in e-waste recycling for an average of 12 years. Participants generally reported good health status, and their prevalence of c | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | |
dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile | |
dc.source | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
dc.subject | Electronic waste recycling | |
dc.subject | Injuries | |
dc.subject | Occupational health | |
dc.subject | Public health | |
dc.subject | Stress | |
dc.title | Health assessment of electronic waste workers in chile: Participant characterization | |
dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |