Intensive livestock operations, health, and quality of life among eastern North Carolina residents

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 233-238

  Wing, Steve ^a   Wolf, Susanne ^a  

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

Author keywords

African Americans; Agricultural health; Air pollution; Epidemiology; Respiratory conditions; Rural heath

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034034998     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108233     Document Type: Article

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