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The Health and Well-being of North Carolina's Farmworkers

The Importance of Inclusion, Accessible Services and Personal Connection

Elizabeth Freeman Lambar and Gayle Thomas
North Carolina Medical Journal March 2019, 80 (2) 107-112; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.80.2.107
Elizabeth Freeman Lambar
program director, North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, Office of Rural Health, Raleigh, North Carolina
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Gayle Thomas
medical director, North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, Office of Rural Health, Raleigh, North Carolina
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