Eye health and safety among Latino farmworkers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-152

  Verma, Amit ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^b   Robinson, Erin N ^b   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^b   Chen, Haiying ^b   Arcury, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye protection; Eye safety; Farmworker; Knowledge; Latino; Perception; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953720575     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2011.554772     Document Type: Article

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