Skin-related quality of life among migrant farmworkers

Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Vallejos, Quirina M ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^b   Preisser, John S ^b   Arcury, Thomas A ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SANITATION; SKIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 40549133467     PISSN: 12034754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7750.2007.00041     Document Type: Article

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