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Title Work and health in India / edited by Martin Hyde, Holendro Singh Chungkham and Laishram Ladusingh
Published Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2018
ß2018

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 1. Introduction: Work, stress and health in India; 2. Work, stress and health: Theories and models; 3. Work environment, health and the international development agenda; 4. Employment trends in India: Some issues for investigation; 5. Rural-urban and gender differences in time spent in unpaid household work in India; 6. Activity status, morbidity patterns and hospitalisation in India; 7. Occupational class and chronic diseases in India; 8. Stress and health among the Indian police; 9. Health status and lifestyle of the Oraon tea garden labourers of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal; 10. The role of work-family support factors in helping individuals achieve work-family balance in India; 11. Working conditions, health and well-being among the scavenger community; 12. Lessons and future research directions from work environment research in India
Summary This interdisciplinary work connects the transformation of India's labour market with changes in health and health problems to offer an analysis that is unprecedented in scope and depth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Industrial hygiene -- India
Occupational health services.
Occupational diseases.
Occupational Health
Occupational Health Services
Occupational Diseases
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Healthy Living.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Globalization.
Industrial hygiene
SUBJECT India https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007194
Subject India
Form Electronic book
Author Hyde, Martin, editor
Chungkham, Holendro Singh, editor
Ladusingh, Laishram, editor
ISBN 1447327381
9781447327387
1447327373
9781447327370