Agricultural health and safety: Incorporating the worker perspective

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-199

  Liebman, Amy K ^a,c   Augustave, Wilson ^b  

^a Environmental and Occupational Health   (United States)

^b Finger Lakes Migrant Health Care Project   (United States)

^c Migrant Clinicians Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Immigration policy; Migrant and seasonal farmworkers; Research to practice; Worker protection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77954986043     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2010.486333     Document Type: Article

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