The health consequences of industrialized agriculture for farmers in the United States

Human Organization

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 335-341

  Thu, Kendall M ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Farming; Health; Industrialization; Iowa; Nebraska; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039444218     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.57.3.w53v3p7657176688     Document Type: Article

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