Farmworker and farmer perceptions of farmworker agricultural chemical exposure in North Carolina

Human Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 359-368

  Quandt, Sara A ^a,d   Arcury, Thomas A ^b   Austin, Colin K ^c   Saavedra, Rosa M ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Center for Urban and Regional Studies

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d North Carolina Farmworkers' Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farm health; Farmworker; Health intervention; North carolina; Pesticide; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002843057     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.57.3.n26161776pgg7371     Document Type: Article

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