Objective: We aimed to estimate the association between informal employment and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by comparing welfare state regimes. Design: Ecological study using time-series cross-sectional ...

BACKGROUND: Extreme cold and heat have been linked to an increased risk of occupational injuries. However, the evidence is still limited to a small number of studies of people with relatively few injuries and with a limited ...

Objective: To examine health inequities in the working population of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) according to sex, age, level of study, occupation and formality or informality in employment. Methods: We collected ...

BACKGROUND: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of workers around the world. Although informal employment arrangements constitute a ...

FUNDAMENTOS: La mayoría de los estudios sobre las lesiones de tráfico relacionadas con el trabajo (LTT) en España se basan en información de la administración laboral. El objetivo de este estudio fue realizar una descripción ...