Prevalence of Abnormal Serum Cholinesterase and Associated Symptoms from Pesticide Exposure among Agricultural Workers in the South of Thailand.

abstract：:Respiratory protection in agriculture has lagged behind other industries. Migrant farmworkers often work in dusty environments yet do not receive appropriate, fitted respiratory protection. During May and June of 2013, researchers pilot-tested a respiratory protection program adapted to fit the unique needs of migrant...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Earle-Richardson G,Fiske T,Wyckoff S,Shuford J,May J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data were compiled and analyzed on the estimated frequency and characteristics of deaths related to on-farm manure storage and handling facilities for the period of 1975 through 2004. Sources included published government reports, national and local media, on-line searches, published farm fatality reports, and prior l...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Beaver RL,Field WE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Economic stresses are a frequently cited reason for children doing farm work. OBJECTIVE:To explore the relationship between economic indicators and child agricultural work hours between January 2001 and October 2003. METHODS:This ecologic study design compares trends in aggregate child work hours with nati...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Gadomski A,de Long R,Burdick P,Jenkins P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While documentation of pesticide exposure among agricultural workers is increasing, similar data describing exposure in migrant farmworkers is lacking. Exposure assessment in migrant farmworker populations is difficult since this population travels seasonally for employment in temporary work environments. The present ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Shipp EM,Cooper SP,Donnelly KC,Nalbone JT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pesticides are used in most homes, businesses, and farms to control a variety of pests, including insects, weeds, fungi, rodents, and even microbial organisms. Inappropriate use of pesticides can lead to adverse effects to humans and the environment. This study provides updated information on the magnitude of adverse ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Langley RL,Mort SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Machinery entanglements are a leading cause of hospitalized injury on Canadian farms. This study evaluates the role farm tasks play in the occurrence of machinery entanglement events. A retrospective case series of 41 entanglement injuries involving 35 farm-machinery types was assembled. Only a few limited tasks were ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Narasimhan G,Crowe TG,Peng Y,Hagel L,Dosman J,Pickett W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this project was to protect children while parents work in agriculture by improving off-farm services for children of migrant and seasonal farm workers. Large agricultural enterprises have policies forbidding children in the worksite. At the same time, their employees, who are trying to generate income, se...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Lee BC,Salzwedel MA,Chyou PH,Liebman AK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skid steers or loaders are becoming prolific in U.S. agriculture - as are the injuries and fatalities related to their use. A review of incidents as queried in AgInjuryNews from 2016 to 2017 revealed an overrepresentation of youth being involved in these tragic incidents. This raises concerns over parental attitudes a...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Weichelt B,Bendixsen C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers experience high rates of skin disease that result from their working and living conditions. Knowledge of the ways farmworkers treat skin disease symptoms will provide a foundation for developing culturally appropriate health education, improving the delivery of health services, ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Arcury TA,Vallejos QM,Feldman SR,Quandt SA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agricultural Extension professionals play a critical role in outreach and translation of research to practice. Extension has not only been an audience for Agricultural Safety and Health Center work, but also an essential partner in promoting evidence-based farm health and safety in communities. This commentary stems f...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Sampson S,Mazur J,Israel G,Galindo S,Ward C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to characterize physicians' knowledge of zoonoses and perceived role in the process of zoonoses education among their farming patients in Northeast Ohio. In 2006, 92 practicing physicians (specialties included family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and preventive medic...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Kersting AL,Medeiros LC,LeJeune JT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the incidence of and risk factors for compensated occupational injuries and diseases in agriculture. The study population consisted of 78,679 Finnish farmers, spouses, and salaried family members covered by mandatory workers' compensation insurance. This popul...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Karttunen JP,Rautiainen RH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper summarizes an open panel discussion and breakout session by scientists and lay participants that focused on new approaches to identifying exposure to pesticides in humans during the New Paths: Health and Safety in Western Agriculture conference, November 11-13, 2008. Featured were reports on the available re...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Keifer M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dairy industry is changing on a global scale with larger, more efficient operations. The impact of this change on worker health and safety, specifically, associations between occupational lung disease and inhalation exposures, has yet to be reported in a comprehensive review of the scientific literature. Therefore...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Reynolds SJ,Nonnenmann MW,Basinas I,Davidson M,Elfman L,Gordon J,Kirychuck S,Reed S,Schaeffer JW,Schenker MB,Schlünssen V,Sigsgaard T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses whether farmers' suicides were associated with the pesticide use in Spain. The cohort study followed 9.5 million men aged 20-64 years who were employed in 2001. The mortality among farmers and non-farmers during the period 2001-2011 was estimated in a geographical area with high pesticide use and i...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Zhao G,Ronda E,Barrio G,Moen BE,Regidor E

更新日期：2020-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Missouri AgrAbility program links the Cooperative Extension Service at a land-grant university with a nonprofit disability organization to provide practical education and assistance that promotes rural independence. This project utilized Photovoice to describe how Missouri AgrAbility clients perceived how the prog...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Mott R,Keller K,Funkenbusch K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in central Tunisia and is more prevalent in rural agricultural areas. The aim of this work was to determine ZCL prevalence among farmers and to test their availability to take ownership of the problem and participate actively to fight and address the disease. ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Bellali H,Chemak F,Nouiri I,Ben Mansour D,Ghrab J,Chahed MK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study assesses nonintentional injury deaths of older farmers and the causal agents associated with these fatalities in Australia (2001-2015). It also explores approaches based on the hierarchy of risk controls to reduce fatalities and injuries in this cohort. METHODS:Data on farm-related incidents were...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Monaghan N,Lower T,Rolfe M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dairy production in the United States is moving towards large-herd milking operations, resulting in an increase in task specialization and work demands. The objective of this project was to provide preliminary evidence of the association of a number of specific job conditions that commonly characterize large-herd parl...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Douphrate DI,Nonnenmann MW,Hagevoort R,Gimeno Ruiz de Porras D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agriculture is known to be a risk-filled industry in South Korea, as it is worldwide. The aims of this study were to identify the magnitude of farm work-related injuries and evaluate the association between injury and possible risk factors. Farmers, including farm members (N = 16,160), were surveyed. After excluding 7...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Kim H,Räsänen K,Chae H,Kim K,Kim K,Lee K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immigrant and migrant youth who live and work in agricultural settings experience unique agricultural safety and health issues. Mobility, poverty, cultural differences, immigration status, language, education, housing, food security, regulatory standards and enforcement, and access to childcare and health care influen...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： McLaurin JA,Liebman AK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nearly 750,000 youth work on farms across the United States. The U.S. Department of Labor's (U.S. DOL) Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Hazardous Occupations Orders for Agriculture (HOOA) applies to approximately 37% of these youth. The HOOA regulations had not been updated since their inception in the late 1960s and t...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Murphy DJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The topic of food safety in the U.S. frequently is the lead story in the news media and continues to be an important issue for biological scientists of all disciplines. The emotional and sensational aspects of food safety often cloud the facts as reported by journalists. Because we increasingly depend on foreign count...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Rushing JW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Keokuk County Rural Health Study (KCRHS) is a population-based, prospective study of health status and environmental exposures of a large stratified random sample of residents in one rural Iowa county. The study focuses on injury and respiratory disease and monitors health care delivery, geriatric health, mental h...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Stromquist AM,Merchant JA,Zwerling C,Burmeister LF,Sanderson WT,Kelly KM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Working with beef cattle in an open area or while on pasture has been shown to expose workers to a high risk of work-related injury. Prior research on this problem has been conducted using mail surveys, interviews, self-reporting of work practices and injury experiences, and summaries of published injury data, includi...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Geng Q,Field WE,Salomon E

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary patterns are closely linked to healthy child development, which in turn is a powerful determinant of lifelong health and well-being. As many early years children spend a large part of their day in childcare centers, educators can have a large influence on their healthy eating behaviors. In Saskatchewan, a numb...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Froehlich Chow A,Leis A,Humbert ML,Engler-Stringer R,Muhajarine N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although agricultural workers have elevated risks of heat-related illnesses (HRI), pregnant farmworkers exposed to extreme heat face additional health risk, including poor pregnancy health and birth outcomes. Qualitative data from five focus groups with 35 female Hispanic and Haitian nursery and fernery workers provid...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Flocks J,Vi Thien Mac V,Runkle J,Tovar-Aguilar JA,Economos J,McCauley LA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: Agricultural employment is one of the most dangerous occupations in the United States. Workers' compensation coverage requirements for agricultural work vary from state to state, and experience modifier rates (E-mods) affecting insurance premiums sometimes vary drastically across state lines and according ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Weichelt B,Pena AA,Joyce J,Keifer M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT The University of Iowa began training health care professionals to care for farmers' occupational health needs since 1974. In order to geographically expand this training to practicing health and safety professionals, the "Building Capacity: A National Resource of Agricultural Medicine Professionals" program ...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Rudolphi JM,Donham KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agriculture is one of the major sources of employment and income in many countries, especially in developing countries. Farmers are exposed to numerous harmful factors such as sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. These factors contribute to multiple diseases including skin cancer. The aim of this study was to analyze t...

journal_title：Journal of agromedicine

authors： Moradhaseli S,Ataei P,Farhadian H,Ghofranipour F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00