A community-based telephone survey of work and injuries in teenage agricultural workers

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-317

  Bonauto, D K ^a   Keifer, M ^b   Rivara, F P ^b   Alexander, B H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community survey; Hispanic; Injuries; Teenage worker

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ECONOMICS; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE;

AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS; AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; INJURIES;

AGRICULTURE;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INJURY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0347134585     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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