July 27, 2026

Migrant Workers: Their Occupational Health and Safety

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Migrant Workers: Their Occupational Health and Safety
Migrant Workers: Their Occupational Health and Safety
Immigrant farm laborers working with an H-2A visa maintain a safe distance on the Fresh Harvest farm on April 27, 2020, in Greenfield, California. / Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images

Worldwide, immigrant workers have higher rates of adverse occupational exposures and working conditions.

Migrant Workers: Their Occupational Health and Safety

By Dr. Sally C. Moyce
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Montana State University

Migrant Workers: Their Occupational Health and Safety

By Dr. Marc Schenker
Distinguished Professor of Public Health Sciences
University of California, Davis

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Originally published by Annual Review of Public Health 39 (April 2018, 351-365), DOI:/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-040617-013714, under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.