The Risky Business of Production Agriculture: Health and Safety for Farm Workers

Workplace Health and Safety

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 401-409

  Reed, Deborah B ^a   Wachs, Joy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 16544388271     PISSN: 21650799     EISSN: 21650969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/216507990405200909     Document Type: Article

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