TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey of occupational health hazards among 7,610 female workers in china's electronics industry
AU - Yu, Wenlan
AU - Lao, Xiang Qian
AU - Pang, Shulan
AU - Zhou, Jianjiao
AU - Zhou, Anshou
AU - Zou, Jianfang
AU - Mei, Liangying
AU - Yu, Ignatius Tak-sun
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - To investigate the occupational hazards among Chinese female workers in the electronics industry, the authors systematically sampled a total of 8,300 female workers at random across 4 provinces in a variety of electronics factories.Adetailed questionnairewas used to collect information on occupational hazards and the occurrence of occupation-related diseases. The results show that 4,283 female workers (51.9%) were exposed to 1 or more occupational hazards. The most common chemical hazard was organic solvent, and the second most common was heavy metals. The ergonomic hazards included repetitive movements, poor standing posture, and the lifting of heavy goods. More than 60% of the female workers self-reported occupation-related diseases. These results showed that occupational health hazards were common in the electronics industry in China and that they caused serious occupation-related health problems for the female workers therein.
AB - To investigate the occupational hazards among Chinese female workers in the electronics industry, the authors systematically sampled a total of 8,300 female workers at random across 4 provinces in a variety of electronics factories.Adetailed questionnairewas used to collect information on occupational hazards and the occurrence of occupation-related diseases. The results show that 4,283 female workers (51.9%) were exposed to 1 or more occupational hazards. The most common chemical hazard was organic solvent, and the second most common was heavy metals. The ergonomic hazards included repetitive movements, poor standing posture, and the lifting of heavy goods. More than 60% of the female workers self-reported occupation-related diseases. These results showed that occupational health hazards were common in the electronics industry in China and that they caused serious occupation-related health problems for the female workers therein.
KW - Electronics industry
KW - Female workers
KW - Occupational hazards
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U2 - 10.1080/19338244.2012.701244
DO - 10.1080/19338244.2012.701244
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 23697691
AN - SCOPUS:84880147577
SN - 1933-8244
VL - 68
SP - 190
EP - 195
JO - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
JF - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
IS - 4
ER -
