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Health hazards of farming
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.
American Family Physician
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
The U.S. farm work force numbers approximately 6.5 million. The health risks connected with their farm tasks are many and varied. Accidents and illnesses are caused by tractors, specialized farming equipment, chemicals, zoonoses, fungi, sensitizers, and the environment of confinement buildings. The scattered nature of the work force makes preventive measures difficult to implement.