The health of California's immigrant hired farmworkers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-397

  Villarejo, Don ^a   McCurdy, Stephen A ^b   Bade, Bonnie ^c   Samuels, Steve ^d   Lighthall, David ^e   Williams III, Daniel ^a,f  

^a California Institute for Rural Studies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD)   (United States)

^f GIC Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural safety; Farm labor; Hired workers; Immigrants; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949836304     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20796     Document Type: Article

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