Nonfatal Injury Experiences among Women on Family Farms

Clinical Nursing Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 130-148

  Carruth, Ann K ^a   Skarke, Lana ^b   Moffett, Barbara ^a   Prestholdt, Cynthia ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 19044397513     PISSN: 10547738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105477380201100203     Document Type: Article

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