The occupational health status of hired farm workers

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 613-635

  Villarejo, Don ^a   Baron, Sherry L ^b  

^a California Institute for Rural Studies   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POVERTY; RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 5544220121     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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