Agricultural Health and Safety- Workplace, Environment, Sustainability

Editors - J.A. Dosman, Centre for Agricultural Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

H.H. McDuffie, Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Centre for Agricultural Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada

S. Olenchock, Immunology Section, NIOSH-ALOSH, Morgantown, West Virginia

K.M. Semchuk, Centre for Agricultural Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada

and A. Senthilselvan, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Description

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.

Audience

Occupational medicine physicians; occupational health nurses; family physicians and internists; health hygienists; government regulators; students of medicine, health hygiene, and nursing; farmers and other agrologists

Features

Presents the most up-to-date discussions on health and safety in agriculture and related industries Offers a basic understanding of health risks and preventive methods Provides vital information applicable to clinical and workplace situations Covers regulations set by the government and the industry Describes steps that can be taken for environmental control

Contents

• Section Headings
• Disorders of the Respiratory System
• Respiratory Health and Grain Dust
• Effects of Animal Confinement Exposures
• Asthma and Allergies
• Populations at Risk
• Dusts and Aerosol Exposures
• Health Effects of Agricultural Chemicals
• Chronic Disorders
• Exposure Estimation
• Accidents, Deaths, and Disability in Agriculture
• Surveillance
• Prevention
• Stress and Well-Being
• Migrant Workers, Seasonal Laborers, and Rural Women
• Cardiovascular Health in Rural Populations
• Industrial Hygiene and Control Technologies
• Sustainability and Health
• Index

April 1995, 656 pp., ISBN: 0-87371-617-5 U.S. $189.00