Skin disease among Latino farmworkers in North Carolina

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-163

  Krejci Manwaring, Jennifer ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Rapp, Stephen R ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworkers; Latino; Migrant and seasonal; Prevalence; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICS; TINEA PEDIS; UNITED STATES;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SKIN DISEASES; TINEA PEDIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 33646428118     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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