A cohort study of injuries in migrant farm worker families in South Texas

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-320

  Cooper, Sharon P ^a   Burau, Keith E ^b   Frankowski, Ralph ^b   Shipp, Eva M ^a,b   Del Junco, Deborah J ^a   Whitworth, Ryan E ^a   Sweeney, Anne M ^a   Macnaughton, Nancy ^b   Weller, Nancy F ^c   Hanis, Craig L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Farm work; Hispanics; Injury; Migrant Workers; Surveillance; Texas; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33644961758     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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