title: [The status of occupational health of female migrant workers in traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine and bio-pharmaceutical industry in Gansu province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the status of occupational health of female migrant workers in different kinds of pharmaceutical industries in Gansu province and to provide the basis for improving occupational health condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  One thousand eight hundreds and one female workers from 16 enterprises were selected by cluster sampling in Gansu province and investigated by interviewing and questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were statistical significances of education level, status of residency registrations, employment relationship and occupational hazards among female workers in three types of enterprises (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The morbidities of skin disease in female workers for three kinds of enterprises were 4.46%, 2.53% and 3.70%, respectively. The morbidities of reproductive system disease in female workers for three kinds of enterprises were 48.57%, 36.70% and 36.11%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The levels of education and working conditions of female workers in the traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine plants are low. There are more severe occupational hazards in female workers of the traditional Chinese medicine plants.
authors.affiliation: Gansu Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Lanzhou, China.
authors.forename: Ping-Tai
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Zhen-Xia
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Kou
authors.forename: Zhi-Lan
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Wen-Lan
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: An-Shou
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Zho
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004345:Drug Industry; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016272:Occupational Health; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D055815:Young Adult