title: The health of foreign workers in Italy.
abstract: At the beginning of 2002, there were 1,600,000 foreign-born persons living in Italy; the majority from countries outside Europe. Those residing in the country for working purposes were 800,680. Italy's shift to a tertiary and service-oriented economy has considerably modified the working market, concentrating demand at two extremes: on one hand, a highly specialized workforce, and on the other, a totally unqualified, mobile, and flexible one, which includes most immigrants.
authors.affiliation: Unità Funzionale Prevenzione Igiene e Sicurezza nei Luoghi di Lavoro (PISLL) G. Pieraccini-Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Florence, Italy. fabio.capacci@asf.toscana.it
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Capacci
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carnevale
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gazzano
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003132:Commerce; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016272:Occupational Health; D009790:Occupations