Primer - Doctors within borders: Meeting the health care needs of migrant farm workers in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1039-1043

  Pysklywec, Michael ^a   McLaughlin, Janet ^b   Tew, Michelle ^a,b,c   Haines, Ted ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centres de sante des travailleurs ses de I'Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MIGRANT FARM WORKER; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MIGRATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; INSURANCE COVERAGE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 79958698153     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091404     Document Type: Article

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