Citation

Cordes DH, Foster D. Am. Fam. Physician 1988; 38(4): 233-244.

Affiliation

Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Academy of Family Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3051979

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.

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