Migrant farmworker stress: Mental health implications

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Hiott, Ann E ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Davis, Stephen W ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORTH CAROLINA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 38849122723     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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