Implementation of EPAs worker protection standard training for agricultural laborers: An evaluation using North Carolina data

Public Health Reports

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-468

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^b   Austin, Colin K ^b   Preisser, John ^b   Cabrera, Luis F ^b  

^a Univ of N Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 0032758566     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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