Occupational injury and illness in farmworkers in the Eastern United States

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-101

  May, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 77954996362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-88347-2_4     Document Type: Chapter

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