Agricultural Medicine A Practical Guide /
The reader of this volume will experience a voyage of discovery with one of the finest guides available. James E. Lessenger has combined experience in private practice, preventive medicine, and public service in California’s San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive agricultural regions in the...
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New York, NY :
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2006.
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Table of Contents:
- The Agricultural Environment
- Food Safety and Agricultural Medicine
- Overview of Hazards for Those Working in Agriculture
- Occupational Regulation
- Education and Training as Intervention Strategies
- Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Engineering of Machinery
- Disability in Agriculture
- Physical Monitoring
- Biological Monitoring
- Drug Programs and Testing
- Work Site Visits
- Children in Agriculture
- Chemical Exposure: An Overview
- Fertilizers and Nutrients
- Plant Growth Regulators
- Pesticides
- Neurological Injuries in Agriculture
- Dermatological Conditions
- Agricultural Respiratory Diseases
- Renal and Hepatic Disease
- Disease and Injury Among Veterinarians
- The Mental Health of Agricultural Workers
- Neurotoxicity of Chemicals Commonly Used in Agriculture
- Repetitive Motion Injuries
- Trauma in the Agricultural Setting
- Diseases from Plants
- Diseases from Animals, Poultry, and Fish
- Diseases from Soil
- Emerging Zoonotic Agents of Concern in Agriculture
- Arthropod Bites and Stings
- Mammal Bites
- Reptile Bites
- Heat, Cold, and Water Immersion Injuries
- Injuries from Electromagnetic Energy
- Acoustic Injuries in Agriculture
- Reproductive Hazards.
