Structural vulnerability and hierarchies of ethnicity and citizenship on the farm

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 425-449

  Holmes, Seth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm workers; Health disparities; Indigenous Mexican migrants; Unauthorized immigration; US Mexico migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MEXICO; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 79960718474     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2011.576728     Document Type: Article

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