Mitra S
Department of Community Medicine, R G Kar Medical College, Calcutta, India.
Br J Ind Med. 1993 Oct;50(10):938-40. doi: 10.1136/oem.50.10.938.
Forty male children aged between seven and 14 years, working in small scale leather workshops in a slum locality in Calcutta were studied, along with a control group of 40 non-working male children of the same age group, same locality, and the same socioeconomic class. Three specific health problems--namely, low back and ankle pain, dizziness, and tingling pain in the hands were found in a significantly higher proportion in the working children. For height, weight, nutritional state, and general morbidity pattern, however there were no significant differences between the two groups. Possibly the particular sitting posture of the child workers for long working hours and the chemical nature of the glue and solvents used in this industry were responsible for the manifestations in the working children.
对40名年龄在7至14岁之间、在加尔各答一个贫民窟地区的小型皮革作坊工作的男童进行了研究，同时设立了一个对照组，该对照组由40名来自相同年龄组、相同地区且社会经济阶层相同的不工作男童组成。研究发现，在工作的儿童中，三种特定的健康问题——即腰背痛、脚踝痛、头晕和手部刺痛——的比例明显更高。然而，在身高、体重、营养状况和一般发病模式方面，两组之间没有显著差异。可能是童工长时间工作的特定坐姿以及该行业使用的胶水和溶剂的化学性质导致了工作儿童出现这些症状。
