Sociodemographic characteristics, health, and success at obtaining work among Latino Urban day laborers

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 797-810

  Nelson, Ronald W ^a,b   Schmotzer, Geri ^d   Burgel, Barbara J ^a   Crothers, Rachel ^a,c   White, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Day laborers; Immigrants; Latino health; Urban health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860462661     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0041     Document Type: Article

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