Perspectives on safety and health among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States and Mé xico: A Qualitative Field Study

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Stallones, Lorann ^a   Vela Acosta, Martha S ^b   Sample, Pat ^a   Bigelow, Philip ^c,d   Rosales, Monica ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COLORADO; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350145068     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2009.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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