A Critical Caring Theory of Protection for Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 370-379

  Shearer, Jennifer E ^a  

^a CHARLESTON SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental health; migrant workers; social justice; vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK; SEASON; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK; SEASONS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL THEORY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85006036379     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/phn.12304     Document Type: Article

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