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This chapter provides the fundamental argument of why the health and safety of farmworkers in the eastern US is a matter of social justice. The organization of the chapters in the volume is outlined, and definitions of common terms (e.g., social justice, eastern US) and conventions (e.g., use of the term Latino/Hispanic) are presented. An overview of each chapter is provided. Finally, acknowledgments for the Third Wake Forest University School of Medicine Farmworker Health Research Workshop are presented.
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Arcury, T.A., Quandt, S.A. (2009). The Health and Safety of Farmworkers in the Eastern United States: A Need to Focus on Social Justice. In: Quandt, ., Arcury, T. (eds) Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88347-2_1
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