TY - JOUR
T1 - Health and safety risks in production agriculture
AU - Von Essen, Susanna G.
AU - McCurdy, Stephen A.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Production agriculture is associated with a variety of occupational illnesses and injuries. Agricultural workers are at higher risk of death or disabling injury than most other workers. Traumatic injury commonly occurs from working with machinery or animals. Respiratory illness and health problems from exposures to farm chemicals are major concerns, and dermatoses, hearing loss, certain cancers, and zoonotic infections are important problems. Innovative means of encouraging safe work practices are being developed. Efforts are being made to reach all groups of farmworkers, including migrant and seasonal workers, farm youth, and older farmers.
AB - Production agriculture is associated with a variety of occupational illnesses and injuries. Agricultural workers are at higher risk of death or disabling injury than most other workers. Traumatic injury commonly occurs from working with machinery or animals. Respiratory illness and health problems from exposures to farm chemicals are major concerns, and dermatoses, hearing loss, certain cancers, and zoonotic infections are important problems. Innovative means of encouraging safe work practices are being developed. Efforts are being made to reach all groups of farmworkers, including migrant and seasonal workers, farm youth, and older farmers.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 9795581
AN - SCOPUS:0031782868
SN - 0093-0415
VL - 169
SP - 214
EP - 220
JO - Western Journal of Medicine
JF - Western Journal of Medicine
IS - 4
ER -