International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health
Volume 9, Number 4, October/December 2003

Special Issue: Occupational Health and Safety in China

Guest Editors: GARRETT D. BROWN, DARA O’ROURKE


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The Race to China and Implications for Global Labor Standards
GARRETT D. BROWN, DARA O’ROURKE

Occupational Health and Safety Legislation and Implementation in China
ZHI SU

“The Absence of Rigor and the Failure of Implementation”: Occupational Health and Safety in China
TIM E. PRINGLE, STEPHEN D. FROST

Sidebar: Rules and Regulations in Chinese Factories
STEPHEN D. FROST

Occupational Lung Disease in China
XIAO-RONG WANG, DAVID C. CHRISTIANI

China’s Factory Floors: An Industrial Hygienist’s View
GARRETT D. BROWN

Sidebar: Chinese Workers Pay Personal Price for Employer
E. GRIGGERS-SMITH

Sidebar: Nursing Rooms as an Indicator of Demographic Change among Migrant Workers in Guangdong Province, China
JILL TUCKER

Sidebar: Why China Matters in Global Electronics
DR. BOY LUTHJE

Development of a Cancer Research Study in the Shanghai Textile Industry
JANICE E. CAMP, NOAH S. SEIXAS, KAREN WERNLI, DAWN FITZGIBBONS, GEORGE ASTRAKIANAKIS, DAVID B. THOMAS, DR.P.IT., DAO LI GAO, HARVEY CHECKOWAY

Developing an Action-based Health and Safety Training Project in Southern China
BETTY SZUDY, DARA O’ROURKE, GARRETT D. BROWN

Workers’ Participation and Their Health and Safety Protection in China’s Transitional Industrial Economy
MEEI-SHIA CHEN

Experiments in Transforming the Global Workplace: Incentives for and Impediments to Improving Workplace Conditions in China
DARA O’ROURKE, GARRETT D. BROWN