Household poisoning exposure among children of Mexican-born mothers: An ethnographic study

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-19

  Mull, Dorothy S ^a   Agran, Phyllis F ^a   Winn, Diane G ^a   Anderson, Craig L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CALIFORNIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTHERS;

EID: 0033162885     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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