The condition of farmworker housing in the Eastern United States

Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: Health, Safety and Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 37-69

  Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 70549108733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88347-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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