Hispanic farmworker interpretations of green tobacco sickness

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 503-511

  Rao, Pamela ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BISMUTH SALICYLATE; DIMENHYDRINATE; NICOTINE; PARACETAMOL; PESTICIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GREEN TOBACCO SICKNESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEAT; HUMAN; INCOME; INSOMNIA; INTOXICATION; LEMON; MEXICO; MIGRANT WORKER; MILK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION MODEL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036745914     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2002.tb00917.x     Document Type: Article

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