Mobile Farm Clinic Outreach to Address Health Conditions Among Latino Migrant Farmworkers in Georgia

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-397

  Luque, John S ^a   Reyes Ortiz, Carlos ^a   Marella, Prasen ^a   Bowers, Angelica ^a   Panchal, Viral ^a   Anderson, Lisa ^b   Charles, Simone ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southeast Georgia Communities Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; eye safety; farmworker; Latino; musculoskeletal symptoms; occupational epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

VIDALIA;

EID: 84866540099     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2012.713837     Document Type: Article

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