Preventing eye injuries among citrus harvesters: The community health worker model

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2269-2274

  Monaghan, Paul F ^a   Forst, Linda S ^b   Tovar Aguilar, Jose Antonio ^a   Bryant, Carol A ^a   Israel, Glenn D ^c   Galindo Gonzalez, Sebastian ^c   Thompson, Zachary ^a   Zhu, Yiliang ^d   McDermott, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CITRUS; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CITRUS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EYE INJURIES; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FLORIDA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555222572     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300316     Document Type: Article

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