Engaging a hard-to-reach population in research: Sampling and recruitment of hired farm workers in the MICASA study

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-302

  Stoecklin Marois, M T ^a   Hennessy Burt, T E ^a   Schenker, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm workers; Hard to reach populations; Occupational health; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855499527     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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