| Document ID (ISN) | 70080 |
| CIS number |
97-1882 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0197-5897 - Journal of Public Health Policy |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Schenker M.B. |
| Title |
Preventive medicine and health promotion are overdue in the agricultural workplace |
| Bibliographic information |
1996, Vol.17, No.3, p.275-305. Illus. 95 ref. |
| Abstract |
Health and safety problems among U.S. agricultural workers are reviewed. Topics discussed include the incidence and causes of occupational fatalities and injuries, and chronic illnesses and hazardous exposures (respiratory disease, pesticide illness, musculoskeletal trauma, noise-induced hearing loss, cancer and stress). Recommendations for disease prevention and health promotion include engineering solutions, education of farm workers and their families, and enforcement of health and safety regulations. Includes a brief history of occupational health in agriculture. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
occupational accidents; USA; agriculture; agricultural operations; statistics; occupational diseases |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; respiratory diseases; musculoskeletal diseases; safety and health training; injuries; fatalities; enforcement; cancer |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | USA |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
|
