Chronic agricultural chemical exposure among migrant and seasonal farmworkers

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 829-843

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chemical exposure; Environmental health; Migrant farmworker; Occupational health; Pesticide; Seasonal farmworker

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROCHEMICAL; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032461277     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941929809381121     Document Type: Article

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