Vision problems, eye care history, and ocular protection among migrant farmworkers

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-16

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Verma, Amit B ^b   Fleischer, Alan A ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural worker; Latino; Occupational health; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTACT LENS; DYSLEXIA; EYE CARE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL THRESHOLD; ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURE; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 45949109746     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.63.1.13-16     Document Type: Article

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