Migrant farmworker housing regulation violations in North Carolina

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-204

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Weir, Maria ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Summers, Phillip ^a   Pelletier, Lori E ^a   Galván, Leonardo ^b   Bischoff, Werner E ^a   Mirabelli, Maria C ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Carolina Farmworkers Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Enforcement; Housing conditions; Housing standards; Migrant farmworker; Substandard housing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84862786043     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22011     Document Type: Article

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