Informal workplaces and their comparative effects on the health of street vendors and home-based garment workers in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Thant Ko Ko (Author), Julia Dickson-Gomez (Author), Gisèle Yasmeen (Author), Wai Wai Han (Author), Katherine Quinn (Author), Kirsten Beyer (Author), Laura Glasman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Globally, two billion workers are employed informally but there is limited research on the relationship between informal work and health. Existing studies have focused on informality as an employment condition, with little emphasis on the diversity of physical and social contexts...