Occupational injury among migrant workers in China: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This review considers the state of occupational injury surveillance and prevention among migrant workers in China and suggests areas of focus for future research on the topic.

Methods

Bibliographic databases were searched for qualitative and quantitative studies on surveillance of and interventions to prevent occupational injury among migrant workers in mainland China. Additional abstracts were identified from the citations of relevant articles from the database search. Studies fitting the inclusion criteria were evaluated, and findings were extracted and summarised.

Results

The search uncovered 726 studies in the English-language databases searched, and 3109 in the Chinese database. This article analyses a total of 19 research articles that fit the inclusi

SUBMITTER: Fitzgerald S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523447 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature