Eye Symptoms and Use of Eye Protection among Seasonal and Migrant Farmworkers

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 603-607

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Elmore, Rebecca C ^b   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Norton, Deborah ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c Wake County Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; EYE DISEASES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0035380528     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194060-00012     Document Type: Article

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