Barriers and benefits of protective eyewear use by Latino farm workers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Forst, Linda ^a   Martinez Noth, Isabel ^b   Lacey, Steven ^a   Bauer, Susan ^c   Skinner, Sara ^d   Petrea, Robert ^e   Zanoni, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d Migrant Health Promotion Inc   (United States)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural eye injuries; Eye injuries; Hispanic workers; Immigrant health; Migrant farm workers; Ocular hazards; Safety eyewear

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751224192     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v11n02_04     Document Type: Article

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