Migrant farmworkers' housing conditions across an agricultural season in North Carolina

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 533-544

  Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Isom, Scott ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Galván, Leonardo ^b   Whalley, Lara ^a   Chatterjee, Arjun B ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Farmworkers Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Housing conditions; Housing standards; Migrant farmworker; Substandard housing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957818272     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20945     Document Type: Article

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