Student Participation in community-based participatory research to improve migrant and seasonal farmworker environmental Health: Issues for success

Journal of Environmental Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 3-15

  Rao, Pamela ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Farmworker environmental health; Pesticide saftety education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247881190     PISSN: 00958964     EISSN: 19401892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEE.35.2.3-15     Document Type: Article

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