Dermatologist‐diagnosed skin diseases among immigrant Latino poultry processors and other manual workers in North Carolina, USA

@article{PichardoGeisinger2013DermatologistdiagnosedSD,
  title={Dermatologist‐diagnosed skin diseases among immigrant Latino poultry processors and other manual workers in North Carolina, USA},
  author={Rita O Pichardo-Geisinger and Diana Mu{\~n}oz-Ali and Thomas A. Arcury and Jill N. Blocker and Joseph G Grzywacz and Dana C. Mora and Haiying Chen and Mark R. Schulz and Steven R. Feldman and Sara A. Quandt},
  journal={International Journal of Dermatology},
  year={2013},
  volume={52}
}
Background  Immigrant Latino workers represent an expanding workforce in rural areas of the USA, where their employment is concentrated in occupations such as poultry processing that entail chemical, infectious, and mechanical skin exposures. Occupation‐related skin illnesses in this vulnerable population are not well characterized. 
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