Occupational Injury Among California Migrant Hispanic Farm Workers: Fighting the Invisible Epidemic

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• Personal Author:
  McCurdy SA
• Description:
  Agriculture now suffers the highest occupational injury mortality rate of all U.S. industries, exceeding mining. In California, 90% of migrant farm workers are Latino. This group is at special risk because it is relatively marginalized socioculturally, linguistically, and economically. These circumstances increase Latino farm workers' risk for occupational injury, reduce their access to medical care, and lessen their chances for inclusion in statistics and focused studies. The result is an "invisible" epidemic of injury. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Agricultural Workers Migrant Workers Occupational Health
• Publisher:
  University of California
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  73-96
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032747
• Citation:
  Wellness Lecture Series. San Francisco, CA: University of California, 1997 Oct; :73-96
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  Wellness Lecture Series
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2b9e03d4eaed29e047675ec2d9fdc3c33f140852cec24394fc81985779141c432fe208f8b7a4c2b63eb8d28ed5f402665efb30b3fb582adc7f17cde686d91878
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186602/cdc_186602_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.98 MB ]