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Document ID (ISN)109516
CIS number 09-610
Year 1963
Convention or series no. Occupational safety and health series No.1 Serie seguridad, higiene y medicina del trabajo Núm.1 Série sécurité, hygiène et médecine du travail No.1
Title Occupational health problems in agriculture
Original title Problèmes de médecine du travail en agriculture [in French]
Problemas de la medicina del trabajo en la agricultura [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information ILO Publications, International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 1963. 223p. Illus.
Abstract This publication includes the report of a joint ILO/WHO session on occupational health in agriculture held in Geneva in April 1962 and papers on related topics. Contents of the report: public health problems related to agricultural work; protection of agricultural workers against toxic hazards; protection of agricultural workers against occupational diseases arising from infectious agents and parasites; organization of occupational health in agriculture.
Descriptors (primary) ILO; WHO; occupational medicine; agriculture; developing countries; conditions of work
Descriptors (secondary) state of health; infectious diseases; conference; international agreements; toxic substances
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceILO
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Agriculture
OSH in developing countries