Occupational health survey of farm workers by Camp Health Aides

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-153

  Cameron, Lorraine ^a   Lalich, Nina ^a,b   Bauer, Susan ^c   Booker, Victoria ^d   Bogue, Hilda Ochoa ^e   Samuels, Steven ^f   Steege, Andrea L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Community Health Partnership of Illinois ^*  (United States)

^d Migrant Health Promotion   (United States)

^e Community Health of South Dade Inc ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ergonomic exposure; Lay health worker; Migrant farm worker; Occupational health; Pesticides; Surveillance; Traumatic injury

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; BACK PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646395127     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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