Is health a labour, citizenship or human right? Mexican seasonal agricultural workers in Leamington, Canada

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 654-669

  Barnes, Nielan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; civil society; farmworker; Latino health; migrant; minority health

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; CITIZENSHIP; COST; EMPLOYER; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRATION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AGRICULTURE; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABOR UNIONS; MEXICO; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84880940770     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.791335     Document Type: Article

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