Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States Health, Safety and Justice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Quandt, Sara A. (Editor), Arcury, Thomas A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Sociology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health/Gesundheitswesen.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88347-2

Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States Health, Safety, and Justice Edited by Thomas A. Arcury and Sara A. Quandt, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA They work at some of Americas most hazardous jobs, have few protections, and receive some of the lowest wages....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Health, Safety and Justice
• Context
• Housing and Workplace Safety and Sanitation
• Pesticide Exposure
• Occupational Injuries and Illness
• Infectious Disease
• Mental Health
• The Health of Women and Children
• Advocacy and Intervention
• An Agenda for Justice.