Children of migratory agricultural workers: The ecological context of acute care for a mobile population of immigrant children

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-129

  Weathers, Andrea C ^a   Garrison, Herbert G ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MANUAL LABOR; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942635250     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2004.01.008     Document Type: Article

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