Pterygium among latino migrant farmworkers in North Carolina

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Taylor, Sarah L ^a   Coates, Michael L ^a   Vallejos, Quirina ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Fleischer, Alan B ^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; Ocular effects; Pterygium; Ultraviolet exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT WORKER; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247617270     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.1.27-32     Document Type: Article

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