Working to eat: Vulnerability, food insecurity, and obesity among migrant and seasonal farmworker families

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-462

  Borre, Kristen ^a,b   Ertle, Luke ^a,c,d   Graff, Mariaelisa ^a,e  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworker occupational health risk; Food security; Hunger; Migrant farmworkers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949868588     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20836     Document Type: Article

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