Occupational health problems among migrant and seasonal farm workers.

K Mobed, EB Gold, MB Schenker - Western journal of medicine, 1992 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Migrant and seasonal farm workers are one of the most underserved and understudied
populations in the United States. The total US population of such farm workers has been …

Acculturation and smoking patterns among Hispanics: a review

JW Bethel, MB Schenker - American journal of preventive medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review of published studies investigating the
association of acculturation and smoking patterns among Hispanic men and women in the …

A global perspective of migration and occupational health

MB Schenker - American journal of industrial medicine, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Global migration has dramatically increased over the past decade and is at an
all‐time high, approaching 200 million persons per year. Demographics and economic …

Respiratory muscle strength in the elderly. Correlates and reference values. Cardiovascular Health Study Research Group.

PL Enright, RA Kronmal, TA Manolio… - American journal of …, 1994 - atsjournals.org
Maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) was assessed in 4,443 ambulatory participants of the
Cardiovascular Health Study, 65 yr of age and older, sampled from four communities …

Distribution of particulate matter and tissue remodeling in the human lung.

KE Pinkerton, FH Green, C Saiki… - Environmental …, 2000 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
We examined the relationship between intrapulmonary particle distribution of carbonaceous
and mineral dusts and remodeling of the airways along anatomically distinct airway paths in …

Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma risk in California

X Pan, HW Day, W Wang, LA Beckett… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Little is known about environmental exposure to low levels of naturally occurring
asbestos (NOA) and malignant mesothelioma (MM) risk. Objectives: To conduct a cancer …

Migrant workers, essential work, and COVID‐19

A Reid, E Ronda‐Perez… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, migrant and immigrant workers have borne the brunt of the COVID‐19 pandemic
as essential workers. They might be a Bulgarian worker at a meat processing plant in …

Use of protective equipment among California farmers

MB Schenker, MR Orenstein… - American journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Background Agriculture is a hazardous industry associated with many occupational injuries
and illnesses. We describe California farmers' self‐reported exposure to five agricultural …

A retrospective cohort study of lung cancer and diesel exhaust exposure in railroad workers.

E Garshick, MB Schenker, A Muñoz… - American journal of …, 1988 - atsjournals.org
The risk of lung cancer as a result of exposure to diesel exhaust from railroad locomotives
was assessed in a cohort of 55,407 white male railroad workers 40 to 64 yr of age in 1959 …

Costs of occupational injuries in agriculture.

JP Leigh, SA McCurdy, MB Schenker - Public health reports, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective. This study was conducted to estimate the costs of job-related injuries in
agriculture in the United States for 1992. Methods. The authors reviewed data from national …