@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiological approach to planning and development of occupational health services at a national level",
journal="International journal of epidemiology",
year="1987",
author="el Batawi, M. A. and Husbumrer, C.",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="288-292",
abstract="In developing the national occupational health programme in Thailand it was necessary to obtain information on workers' health to enable proper planning and implementation of the programme. A stratified sample of different types of small (up to 50 workers) and medium-sized factories (51-150 workers) located in one geographical area was selected. In all, 98 plants were surveyed and a total of 1449 workers were examined. The prevalence of diseases, many of which were work-related, was higher in the small than in the medium-sized plants. Additional information confirmed the need for controlling the multitude of health problems of these under-served workers. The Ministry of Health used this data in training primary health care workers in the small workplaces, controlling the health problems discovered, developing laboratories and drafting legislation.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0300-5771",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}