Comparative assessment of migrant farm worker health in conventional and organic horticultural systems in the United Kingdom

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-65

  Cross, Paul ^a   Edwards, Rhiannon T ^a   Hounsome, Barry ^a   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Farm worker; Health; Migrant; Organic; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EQ 5D; FARM WORKER; SF 36; VEGETABLE HORTICULTURE;

HEALTH CARE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HORTICULTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIC FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPPINESS; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

BALTIC STATES; BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UKRAINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37549056242     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.10.048     Document Type: Article

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