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050 00 ^aRC965.H54^bH434 2007
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245 00 ^aHealth without borders :^bimproving health and reducing HIV/AIDS vulnerability among long-distance road transport workers through a multisectoral approach
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260 ^a[New York] :^bUnited Nations, ESCAP, ^cc2007.
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300 ^av, 90 p. :^bill. (some col.) ;^c30 cm.
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520 ^aLong distance road transport workers are vulnerable to an array of health risks. Substance use, unprotected sex, unsafe roads, poor diets, long working hours and long absence from home are but some of the documented factors that lead to numerous communicable and non-communicable diseases and accidents. Importantly, the rapid spread of HIV across communities, countries and continents is a testimony to the linkages between mobile and migrant groups, such as road transport workers, and the growing epidemic.
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536 ^aWith the complements of The United Nation. The distribution section
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650 0 ^aHighway transport workers^xHealth and hygiene^zMekong River Valley
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650 0 ^aHealth promotion^zMekong River Valley
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650 0 ^aAIDS (Disease)^zMekong River Valley^xPrevention
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710 2 ^aUnited Nations.^bEconomic and Social Commission for Asiaand the Pacific
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856 40 ^zElectronic resource^uhttp://www.unescap.org/publications/detail.asp?id=1217
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856 40 ^3Content^uhttp://library.nhrc.or.th/ulib/document/Content/T04760.pdf
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917 ^aGift :^c600
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955 ^a2 copy
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999 ^acat6
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