Parasitic infections among migrant farm families

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Bechtel, Gregory A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIGRANT WORKER; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031913251     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327655jchn1501_1     Document Type: Article

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