Occupational health policy and immigrant workers in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 975-984

  Liebman, Amy K ^a   Wiggins, Melinda F ^b   Fraser, Clermont ^c   Levin, Jeffrey ^d   Sidebottom, Jill ^e   Arcury, Thomas A ^f  

^a Migrant Clinicians Network   (United States)

^b Student Action with Farmworkers   (United States)

^c North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Farmworkers; Fishing; Forestry; Health disparities; Health policy; Immigrant workers; Migrant workers; Minority health; Occupational policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FARMWORKERS; FISHERY; FISHING; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT WORKERS; LEGAL ASPECT; MIGRANT WORKERS; MIGRATION; MINORITY HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL POLICY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; FARMWORKERS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HEALTH DISPARITIES; HEALTH POLICY; IMMIGRANT WORKERS; MIGRANT WORKERS; MINORITY HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL POLICY;

AGRICULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880697869     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22190     Document Type: Article

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