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Ethnic and Gender Differences in Farm Tasks and Safety Practices Among Rural California Farm Youth

Stephen A. McCurdy Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California
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Jonathan A. Kwan Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California; California Department of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases, Division of Communicable Disease Control, Infectious Diseases Branch, Vector-Borne Disease Section, Sacramento, California
Pages 362-370 | Published online: 03 May 2012

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