By virtue of international trade, communication, and transportation, events which occur in developing countries have a direct impact upon developed countries. Occupational health is especially effected by this interrelationship because of the large number and very rapid establishment of multinational businesses in developing countries. The speed with which these industries have multiplied has created a unique set of problems and an urgent demand for occupational health care. Occupational health nurses provide much of the direct care to workers in developing countries. Thus, there is an immediate need to study occupational health issues and the status of occupational health nursing in developing countries.
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