Citation

Min KB, Min JY, Park JB, Park SG, Lee KJ. Am. J. Public Health 2010; 100(11): 2165-2167.

Affiliation

Ajou University School of Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2009.163832

PMID

20339078

Abstract

We examined how the deregulation of South Korea's labor laws during the country's 1997 to 1998 economic crisis affected occupational safety and health. Although the economic index improved after the reforms, the total injury rate declined slowly and the incidence of occupational disease increased. The withdrawal of support for occupational safety and health is likely to have a sustained effect on public health.

Language: en