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The health consequences of maquiladora work: women on the US-Mexican border.

Author(s) -

Sylvia Guendelman,

M J Silberg

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.1.37

Subject(s) - confounding , wage , depression (economics) , medicine , work (physics) , gerontology , environmental health , temporary work , demography , psychology , labour economics , economics , sociology , mechanical engineering , pathology , engineering , macroeconomics

As more US companies take jobs to Mexico, complaints are growing that the assembly plants (maquiladoras) exert adverse effects on workers' health. This study assessed the health of female electronic and garment maquiladora workers, comparing them with women employed in services and non-wage earners.

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