Stigma, health disparities, and the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic: How to protect latino farmworkers in future health emergencies

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-254

  Schoch Spana, Monica ^a   Bouri, Nidhi ^a   Rambhia, Kunal J ^a   Norwood, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREJUDICE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77956532092     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2010.0021     Document Type: Article

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