Agricultural medicine : rural occupational and environmental health for the health professions /
By: Donham, Kelley J.
Contributor(s): Thelin, Anders.
Publisher: Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: xvi, 429 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780813818030; 9780813818030:.Subject(s): Agricultural laborers -- Health and hygiene | Agricultural laborers -- Diseases -- United States | Agricultural laborers -- Diseases | Agriculture -- Health aspects | Medicine, Rural | Rural healthDDC classification: 362.19698| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 362.19698 DON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0078717 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and overview -- Special risk populations in agricultural communities -- Agricultural respiratory diseases -- Agricultural skin diseases -- Cancer in agricultural populations -- Health effects of agricultural pesticides -- General environmental hazards in agriculture -- Musculoskeletal diseases in agriculture -- Physical factors affecting health in agriculture -- Psychosocial conditions in agriculture -- Acute agricultural injuries -- Veterinary biological and therapeutic occupational hazards -- Zoonotic diseases : an overview --Prevention of illness and injury in agricultural populations.
Satisfying a growing need for a textbook on this significant aspect of public health, 'Agricultural Medicine' is the first comprehensive textbook and reference for students of public health and health professionals in the field of rural medicine.