Exploration of work and health disparities among black women employed in poultry processing in the rural south

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1833-1840

  Lipscomb, Hester J ^a,d   Argue, Robin ^a   McDonald, Mary Anne ^a   Dement, John M ^a   Epling, Carol A ^a   James, Tamara ^a,b   Wing, Steve ^c   Loomis, Dana ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Black women; Community based participatory research

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144449999     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7912     Document Type: Article

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