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abstract: 'Background International migration has emerged as a global issue that
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has transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of persons. Migrant
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workers contribute to the economic growth of high-income countries often
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serving as the labour force, performing dangerous, dirty and degrading
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work that nationals are reluctant to perform.
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Methods Critical examination of the scientific and ``grey{''''}
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literatures on immigration, employment relations and health.
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Results Both lay and scientific literatures indicate that public health
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researchers should be concerned about the health consequences of
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migration processes. Migrant workers are more represented in dangerous
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industries and in hazardous jobs, occupations and tasks. They are often
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hired as labourers in precarious jobs with poverty wages and experience
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more serious abuse and exploitation at the workplace. Also, analyses
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document migrant workers'' problems of social exclusion, lack of health
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and safety training, fear of reprisals for demanding better working
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conditions, linguistic and cultural barriers that minimize the
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effectiveness of training, incomplete OHS surveillance of foreign
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workers and difficulty accessing care and compensation when injured.
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Therefore migrant status can be an important source of occupational
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health inequalities.
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Conclusions Available evidence shows that the employment conditions and
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associated work organization of most migrant workers are dangerous to
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their health. The overall impact of immigration on population health,
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however; still is poorly understood and many mechanisms, pathways and
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overall health impact are poorly documented. Current limitations
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highlight the need to engage in explicit analytical, intervention and
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policy research Am. J. Ind. Med. 53:338-343,2010. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss,
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Inc.'
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affiliation: 'Benach, J (Corresponding Author), Univ Pompeu Fabra, Occupat Hlth Res
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Ctr, Hlth Inequal Res Grp, Dept Expt \& Hlth Sci, Barcelona Biomed Res Pk,C Dr Aiguader
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88, Barcelona 08003, Spain.
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Benach, Joan, Univ Pompeu Fabra, Occupat Hlth Res Ctr, Hlth Inequal Res Grp, Dept
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Expt \& Hlth Sci, Barcelona 08003, Spain.
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Benach, Joan; Benavides, Fernando G., CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain.
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Benach, Joan; Muntaner, Carles, Employment Condit Knowledge Network Emconet, Hlth
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Inequal Res Grp, Barcelona, Spain.
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Muntaner, Carles, Univ Toronto, Inst Work \& Hlth, Ctr Addict \& Mental Hlth, Social
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Equ \& Hlth Sect, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Chung, Haejoo, Univ Toronto, Dept Polit Sci, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada.'
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author: Benach, Joan and Muntaner, Carles and Chung, Haejoo and Benavides, Fernando
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G.
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author-email: joan.benach@upf.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Benach
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given: Joan
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- family: Muntaner
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given: Carles
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- family: Chung
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given: Haejoo
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- family: Benavides
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given: Fernando G.
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1002/ajim.20717
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eissn: 1097-0274
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files: []
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issn: 0271-3586
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journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
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keywords: 'immigration; employment relations; public health research; working
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conditions; health inequalities'
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keywords-plus: UNITED-STATES; GENDER; WORK
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language: English
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month: APR
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number: '4'
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number-of-cited-references: '26'
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orcid-numbers: 'Benavides, Fernando G./0000-0003-0747-2660
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Benach, Joan/0000-0003-2285-742X
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Chung, Haejoo/0000-0002-2661-4161'
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pages: 338-343
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papis_id: 94fe14bf95ef3d57a4618f4ba2d559a5
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ref: Benach2010immigrationemploymen
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researcherid-numbers: 'Benavides, Fernando G./A-5137-2008
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Benach, Joan/H-2519-2013
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times-cited: '66'
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title: 'Immigration, Employment Relations, and Health: Developing a Research Agenda'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000276252200004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '48'
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volume: '53'
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web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
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year: '2010'
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