Some physician perceptions of migrant and seasonal farm worker health in 45 Rural Georgia counties

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 61-77

  Tedders, Stuart H ^a   Schafer, Edward ^a   Eveland, A Peter ^a   Dever, G E Alan ^a   Vogel, Robert L ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84892833933     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v05n03_08     Document Type: Article

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