Pesticide use and safety training in Mexico: The experience of farmworkers employed in North Carolina

Human Organization

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-66

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^b   Rao, Pamela ^b   Russell, Gregory B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community based research; Migrant farmworkers; North Carolina; Pesticide safety

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH AND SAFETY; PESTICIDE; TRAINING;

MEXICO; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035036486     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.60.1.6pxljkubwv0w6uaw     Document Type: Article

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