"There's nowhere i can go to get help, and i have tooth pain right now": The oral health syndemic among migrant farmworkers in florida

Annals of Anthropological Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 387-401

  Kline, Nolan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworkers; Food insecurity; Health disparities; Latinos; Migrant health; Oral health; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887566856     PISSN: 2153957X     EISSN: 21539588     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/napa.12010     Document Type: Article

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