The farm partners program: Addressing the problem of occupational stress in agriculture

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 39-48

  May, John J ^a  

^a BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Community based intervention; Occupational stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890669373     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v05n02_07     Document Type: Article

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