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A Cross-Sectional Study of Stressors Among Farmers in Eastern North Carolina
Gregory D. Kearney, Ann P. Rafferty, Lauren R. Hendricks, Daniel Landon Allen and Robin Tutor-Marcom
North Carolina Medical Journal November 2014, 75 (6) 384-392; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.75.6.384
Gregory D. Kearney
assistant professor, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Ann P. Rafferty
assistant professor, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Lauren R. Hendricks
research associate, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Daniel Landon Allen
research associate, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
Robin Tutor-Marcom
director, North Carolina Agromedicine Institute; project manager, AgriSafe Network of North Carolina, Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.

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In this issue
North Carolina Medical Journal
Vol. 75, Issue 6
November-December 2014
A Cross-Sectional Study of Stressors Among Farmers in Eastern North Carolina
Gregory D. Kearney, Ann P. Rafferty, Lauren R. Hendricks, Daniel Landon Allen, Robin Tutor-Marcom
North Carolina Medical Journal Nov 2014, 75 (6) 384-392; DOI: 10.18043/ncm.75.6.384