Response accuracy of hazard identification in migrant farmworkers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-26

  Burau, Keith D ^a   Shipp, Eva M ^a,b   Cooper, Sharon P ^b   Frankowski, Ralph ^a   McKinnon, Sarah ^c   Walker, Kristina M ^a  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworker; Migrant; Prevalence; Proxy respondents; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOUSES; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33749515789     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v11n01_03     Document Type: Article

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