Wages, wage violations, and pesticide safety experienced by migrant farmworkers in North Carolina

New Solutions

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 251-268

  Robinson, Erin ^a   Nguyen, Ha T ^a   Isom, Scott ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Minority health; Occupational health; Wage theft

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PESTICIDES; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862833618     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.21.2.h     Document Type: Article

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