Occupational Eye Injuries Experienced by Migrant Farmworkers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-69

  Quandt, Sara A ^a   Schulz, Mark R ^b   Talton, Jennifer W ^a   Verma, Amit ^b   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

agriculture; health disparities; Latino

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84855424395     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.629918     Document Type: Article

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