Illnesses and injuries reported by Latino poultry workers in western North Carolina

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 343-351

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Marín, Antonio ^a   Carrillo, Lourdes ^b   Coates, Michael L ^a   Burke, Bless ^b   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centro Latino of Caldwell County   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant worker; Occupational injury; Occupational safety; Poultry processing; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POULTRY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646020654     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20299     Document Type: Article

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