Migration and "Low-Skilled" Workers in Destination Countries
Open Access
- 7 June 2011
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 8 (6), e1001043
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001043
Abstract
In the fourth article in a six-part PLoS Medicine series on Migration & Health, Joan Benach and colleagues discuss the specific health risks and policy needs associated with migration in destination countries, especially for low-skilled and illegal migrant workers.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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