Exposure risks and tetanus immunization in women of family owned farms: Implications for occupational and environmental health nursing

AAOHN Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 130-136

  Holland, Catherine ^a   Carruth, Ann K ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TETANUS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LOUISIANA; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TETANUS;

EID: 0035292518     PISSN: 08910162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990104900305     Document Type: Article

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