Alcohol use among immigrant latino farmworkers in North Carolina

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 617-625

  Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Isom, Scott ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcohol use; Farmworkers; Latinos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547745964     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20482     Document Type: Article

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