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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Response Accuracy of Hazard Identification in Migrant Farmworkers

Keith D. Burau PhD University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Biostatistics, USA
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Eva M. Shipp MS University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Epidemiology, USA; Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, USA
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Sharon P. Cooper PhD Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, USA
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Ralph Frankowski PhD University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Division of Biostatistics, USA
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Sarah McKinnon MPH University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology, Population Research Center, USA
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Kristina M. Walker MSPH University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Division of Epidemiology, USA
Pages 17-26 | Received 30 Mar 2005, Accepted 30 Nov 2005, Published online: 21 Sep 2008

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