Prevalence of asthma among youth on hispanic-operated farms in the United States - 2000

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-164

  Syamlal, Girija ^a   Mazurek, Jacek ^a  

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

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Asthma; Hispanics; Youth

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149332337     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240802397875     Document Type: Article

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