Death and disability in the heartland: Corporate (mis)conduct, regulatory responses, and the plight of Latino workers in the meatpacking industry

Great Plains Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-357

  Wahl, A M ^a   Gunkel, S E ^a   Sanchez, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; DISABILITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; MORTALITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034426672     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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