Safety, security, hygiene and privacy in migrant farmworker housing

New Solutions

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-173

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Weir, Maria M ^b   Summers, Phillip ^a   Chen, Haiying ^a   Bailey, Melissa ^c   Wiggins, Melinda F ^d   Bischoff, Werner E ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Community Organization Coordinator for NC FIELD ^*

^d Student Action with Farmworkers ^*

Author keywords

Housing quality; Migrant farmworker; Occupational justice

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONAL SPACE; SAFETY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84871705518     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.22.2.d     Document Type: Article

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