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Lost in translation: The challenge of adapting integrated approaches for worker health and safety for low- and middle-income countries.

Glorian SorensenEve M NaglerPratibha PawarPrakash C GuptaMangesh S PednekarGregory R Wagner
Published in: PloS one (2017)
India presents one example of a LMIC with a rising burden of non-communicable diseases and intensified exposures to both physical and organizational hazards on the job. Our experiences highlight the importance of national and global trends that shape workers' experiences on the job and their related health outcomes. Beyond a singular focus on prevention of non-communicable diseases, coordinated national and international efforts are needed to address worker health outcomes in the context of the conditions of work that clearly shape them.
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