Climate Change and the Amplification of Agricultural Worker Health Risks
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Work in agriculture is hard, and it about to get harder. Hired farm labor a form of highly precarious employment, due various contingencies, with significant degrees insecurity poor...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agromedicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1545-0813', '1059-924X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1059924x.2021.1849211