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This comprehensive new book, Agricultural Health and Safety, provides extensive coverage of issues arising in the interrelated fields of health, agriculture, and the environment. The significance of this book is a direct result of the increasing number of health and safety issues in agriculture and its associated industries. It contains sections written by experts, and includes papers presented at the Third International Symposium for Issues in Health, Agriculture and the Environment.
Topics include lung disease in farmers, respiratory effects of long-term exposure to grain dust and air contaminants, respiratory hazards of pork producers, occupational asthma, allergic disorders in plant growers, allergic rhinitis in farmers, respiratory effects of inhaled endotoxins, organic dust toxic syndrome, cancer risks, hazards of pesticides, neurological risks, work-related accidents, prevention and safe practice, sustainable farming systems, and more. In all cases, the issues are broadly integrated with those of the environment.
No other book presents such a broad perspective of the field.
| Lung Disease in Farmers: Pathological Reactions | p. 3 |
| Overview of Longitudinal Pulmonary Changes Among Grain Elevator Workers | p. 9 |
| Relationship Between Grain Dust Exposure and Longitudinal Changes in Pulmonary Function | p. 13 |
| Time Trends in the Respiratory Health of Recently Hired Grain Elevator Workers | p. 19 |
| Lung Function Decline in Grain Workers Commencing Employment - Demonstration of the "Survivor Effect" | p. 23 |
| A Longitudinal Analysis of Pulmonary Function Data of Canadian Grain Elevator Workers | p. 27 |
| Respiratory Health Surveillance and Wellness Promotion for Grain Workers | p. 31 |
| Neutrophilic Respiratory Tract Inflammation and Peripheral Blood Neutrophilia after Grain Sorghum Dust Extract Challenge | p. 37 |
| Respiratory Hazards of Pork Producers in Livestock Confinement Buildings: From Recognition to Control | p. 43 |
| What Actually Happens to the Farmers? Clinical Results of a Follow-Up Study of Hog Confinement Farmers | p. 49 |
| Occupational Asthma: Assessment and Diagnosis | p. 55 |
| Occupational Asthma: Mechanisms | p. 61 |
| Hypothesis: Asthma Disease Severity Modulation by Exogenous Plant Lipoxygenase Aerosols | p. 65 |
| Allergic Disorders in Flower Growers | p. 69 |
| Risk Factors for Allergic Rhinitis in Farmers | p. 75 |
| Inhalant Atopic Sensitivity to Grasshoppers in Research Laboratories | p. 79 |
| Respiratory Effects of Occupational Exposure and Environmental Pollution in Southern African Farmers in the Transkei | p. 83 |
| Respiratory Disease in Saskatchewan: Selected Regional and Social Variations | p. 87 |
| A Comparison of Respiratory Health Status in a Young Farming Hutterite and Young Urban Non-Hutterite Population | p. 91 |
| Respiratory Health Effects of Inhaled Endotoxins: Byssinosis and Beyond | p. 97 |
| The Organic Dust Toxic Syndrome - A Review | p. 101 |
| Role of Fungal Spores in ODTS | p. 105 |
| Epidemiologic Studies of Cancer Among Agricultural Populations | p. 111 |
| Pesticide-Induced Chronic Toxicity: Fact or Myth? | p. 119 |
| Pesticide Use, Genetic Susceptibility and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Women | p. 127 |
| Saskatchewan Women and Agricultural Exposures: Any Relationship to Tumour Incidence? | p. 135 |
| Diet and Drinking Water Source: Association with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Eastern Nebraska | p. 143 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the Use of Atrazine: Results from Three Case-Control Studies | p. 151 |
| Pesticide Utilization and Lymphoma in Ontario - An Ecologic Analysis | p. 157 |
| The Interaction Between Farming Occupation and Exposure to Smoking in Squamous Carcinomas of the Lip | p. 165 |
| Cancer Patterns Among Female Farmers in Alberta | p. 169 |
| Mortality Among Canadian Fruit and Vegetable Farmers | p. 175 |
| Evaluation of Cancer Risks Related to the Use of Agricultural Chemicals | p. 181 |
| Agriculture Pesticide Exposure, Safety Precautions, and Pesticide-Attributed Illnesses Among Iowa Farmers | p. 189 |
| Hazards to Male Reproductive Function in Agriculture: A Review | p. 195 |
| Neurologic and Psychiatric Risks in Occupation Exposures | p. 203 |
| Pesticides: Methods of Detection | p. 211 |
| Biological Monitoring of Occupational Exposures to Organophosphorus Insecticides | p. 217 |
| Cholinesterase Estimations of Workers Occupationally Exposed to Organophosphates and Carbamates | p. 223 |
| Survey of Health and Characterization of Pesticide Use Among Pesticide Appliers in Minnesota | p. 229 |
| Cholinesterase Testing Surveillance Program in Manitoba, 1981 - 1990 - A Review | p. 237 |
| Field Performance of Dermal Patches in Pesticide Exposure Determination | p. 241 |
| Prevention of Death and Disability in Farming | p. 249 |
| Population-Based Study of Nonfatal Work-Related Falls on Farms in Wisconsin | p. 257 |
| Emergency Department Surveillance of Farm Injuries in Central Wisconsin | p. 263 |
| The Injury Experience of Women on Family Farms | p. 269 |
| Results of a Survey on Farm Accidents in Saskatchewan | p. 275 |
| Iowa's Sentinel Project Researching Agricultural Injuries Notification System (SPRAINS) | p. 283 |
| A Statewide Surveillance Program of Agricultural Injuries and Illnesses - North Dakota | p. 289 |
| A Ten-Year Follow-Up Survey of Central Wisconsin Farmers Regarding Health and Farming Status | p. 295 |
| Farm Worker Occupational Illness and Injury in Washington State | p. 301 |
| Acute and Chronic Trauma in Hog Farmers | p. 309 |
| Supplemental ICD-9-CM External Cause Codes for Agricultural Injuries | p. 315 |
| Spinal Diseases in an Italian Tractor Drivers Group | p. 319 |
| Back Injuries in Agriculture: Occupations Affected | p. 325 |
| A New Type of Poultry House: Ergonomical Problems and Accident Risks | p. 333 |
| Health Concerns in Large Animal Veterinarians | p. 339 |
| Dermatophyte Infections in Saskatchewan Farmers and Rural Residents | p. 343 |
| Hand Dermatoses in Finnish Dairy Farmers | p. 349 |
| Fatal Farm Work-Related Injuries Involving Children and Adolescents in Wisconsin and Indiana | p. 355 |
| Occupational Noise Exposure in Dairy Farming | p. 363 |
| Prevention and Control of Pediatric Agricultural Injuries: Evaluation of a Community-Oriented Educational Intervention | p. 369 |
| Blueprint for a Successful Youth Safety Fair: Cass Youth Safety Fair | p. 379 |
| Tractor Risk Abatement and Control: A Community-Based Intervention for Reducing Agricultural Tractor-Related Fatalities and Injuries | p. 385 |
| Education, Equipment Modification, and Injury Control Among Farmers in Colorado | p. 391 |
| Occupational Health Care Program for Farmers in Sweden | p. 395 |
| Off-Farm Employment and Alternative Enterprise Options for Farmers with Physical Disabilities | p. 399 |
| Farm Family Rehabilitation Management: Successful Strategies that Work for the Farm | p. 405 |
| The Impact of Pesticide Education on Iowa Farmers | p. 409 |
| The Potential for an Ergonomic Revolution of Prairie Farming | p. 415 |
| The Agricultural Health and Safety Network: A Municipality-Based Awareness and Prevention Program | p. 421 |
| Farm Stress: A Community Development Approach to Mental Health Service Delivery | p. 433 |
| Stress and the Farm Crisis: Towards the Development of a Synergistic Theory of Empowerment | p. 439 |
| Stress and Psychological Symptoms of Distress in Saskatchewan: Rural-Urban Differences | p. 445 |
| Stress and Its Consequences Among Rural Saskatchewan Residents: A Pilot Investigation | p. 451 |
| Farmers and Their Farms: Key Social and Economic Characteristics | p. 455 |
| Stress in the Farm Family: Strategies for Empowerment | p. 461 |
| An Analysis of Suicides on the Farm or Ranch within Five North Central United States, 1980 to 1988 | p. 465 |
| General Health Status and Epidemiologic Considerations in Studying Mirgrant and Seasonal Farmworkers | p. 471 |
| Health Issues for Farm Employees in the United States | p. 479 |
| Prenatal Characteristics of Mexican-American Migrants | p. 485 |
| Reducing Health Risks: Farmworker Women Working Together | p. 493 |
| Migrant Lay Health Advisors: A Strategy for Health Promotion | p. 499 |
| Mental and Psychosocial Health Issues Among Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers in Oregon: Preliminary Research with Intervention Applications | p. 503 |
| The Hutterite and Rural Saskatchewan Heart Health Surveys: A Comparison of Physical and Laboratory Measures | p. 513 |
| Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Rural and Urban Residents of the Canadian Prairies | p. 521 |
| Agricultural Engineering Solutions to Problems of Air Contaminants in Farm Silos and Animal Buildings | p. 527 |
| Farmers' Caps and Hats Project | p. 535 |
| Development of a Filtration System for Environmental Cabs of Pesticide Spray Vehicles | p. 541 |
| Toxic Effects of Manure Pit Gases | p. 547 |
| The Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment and Respiratory Outcomes in Hog Farmers | p. 551 |
| Personal Dust Exposure of Pig Farmers | p. 557 |
| Respiratory Hazards in Houses for Laying Hens | p. 563 |
| Alternative Practices in Agriculture: Different Approaches to Sustainable Agriculture and Their Economic and Environmental Benefits | p. 573 |
| Agricultural Medicine and Environmental Health: The Missing Components of the Sustainable Agricultural Movement | p. 583 |
| A Global Perspective on Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems | p. 591 |
| Crop Protection Technology and Sustainable Agriculture - An Industry View | p. 595 |
| Energy Production from Livestock Waste Management | p. 599 |
| Toward Sustainable Systems: Healthy Farm Families on Healthy Farms | p. 601 |
| Index | p. 607 |
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ISBN: 9780873716178
ISBN-10: 0873716175
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 656
Published: 18th April 1995
Dimensions (cm): 25.4 x 17.8
x 4.1
Weight (kg): 1.324
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