Pandemic influenza and farmworkers: The effects of employment, social, and economic factors

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Steege, Andrea L ^a   Baron, Sherry ^a   Davis, Shelley ^b   Torres Kilgore, Judith ^a,c   Sweeney, Marie Haring ^a  

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

^b Farmworker Justice   (United States)

^c PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVESTOCK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANDEMIC; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACISM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEMEDICINE; WORKPLACE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; POULTRY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 70350054421     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.161091     Document Type: Review

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