Comparative description of migrant farmworkers versus other students attending rural South Texas schools: Substance use, work, and injuries

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-366

  Cooper, Sharon P ^a   Weller, Nancy F ^b   Fox, Erin E ^c   Cooper, Sara R ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LAW; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 25144520541     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2005.tb00108.x     Document Type: Article

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