Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Editionis a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities. Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine, Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America. Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.

Kelley J. Donham, MS, DVM, DACVPM is Emeritus Pioneer Professor of Rural Health and Safety and Director of Iowa's Center for Agricultural Safety and Health in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, USA.

Anders Thelin, MD, PhD is an occupational medicine physician specializing in agricultural medicine.

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Agricultural Medicine

Rural Occupational and Environmental Health, Safety, and Prevention

SECOND EDITION

Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Edition is a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities.

Responding to reader demand, the book now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America.

Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.

• Newly updated and revised from the first edition based on feedback from readers, members of an international consensus committee, chapter reviews from international leaders in the field and recent peer-reviewed publications.
• Features additional case studies and key point summaries.
• New international comparison chapters examining health and agricultural practices in Europe, Australia, and South and Central America.
• Takes a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, including coverage of physical, social, and mental health issues in agriculture.

Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Editionis a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities.

Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine, Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America.

Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.

About the Authors xiii

About the Reviewers xix

Preface xxv

1 Introduction and Overview 1
Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin

1.1 Introduction to the Professional Specialty of Agricultural Medicine (Agricultural Safety and Health) 1

1.2 Terminology and Definitions 1

1.3 What is an Agricultural Health and Safety Professional? 6

1.4 Training of Agricultural Health Practitioners and Agriculture Health and Safety Specialists 8

1.5 Demographics of the Agricultural Workforce 17

1.6 The Evolution of Production Agricultural, Workforce, and Types of Farms 18

1.7 Other Occupations Exposed to the Agricultural Environment 21

1.8 General Health Status of the Agricultural Population 21

1.9 Occupational Health Status of the Agricultural Workforce 22

1.10 Occupational Injury and Illness Statistics 23

1.11 Persistent and Emerging Megatrends in Agriculture: HealthSafety Implications 24

1.12 A Preview of Specific Occupational Health and Safety Risks and Conditions 31

1.13 Summary 35

References 37

2 Special Risk Populations in Agricultural Communities 43
Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin

2.1 Introduction 43

2.2 Women in Agriculture 44

2.3 Youths in Agriculture 49

2.4 Elderly Farmers 59

2.5 Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers 64

2.6 Oldorder Anabaptists 73

References 84

3 Agricultural Respiratory Diseases 95
Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin

3.1 Introduction and Overview 95

3.2 Agricultural Structures and Respiratory Hazards 98

3.3 Agricultural Dusts 111

3.4 Confined Animal Feeding Operations and Respiratory Disease Hazards 126

3.5 Oxides of Nitrogen (Silo Gas) 136

3.6 Applied Agricultural Chemicals 140

3.7 Zoonotic Infections Causing Respiratory Disease 142

3.8 General Preventive Measures for Agricultural Respiratory Illnesses 143

References 149

4 Agricultural Skin Diseases 155
Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin

4.1 Introduction 155

4.2 Contact Dermatitis 156

4.3 Clinical Picture of Contact Dermatitis 156

4.4 Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Contact Dermatitis 156

4.5 Agents causing Contact Dermatitis in Agricultural Settings 157

4.6 Infectious Dermatitis 165

4.7 Arthropodinduced Dermatitis 167

4.8 Sunlightinduced Dermatoses 171

4.9 Skin Disorders Related to Heat, Cold, and Humidity 176

References 177

5 Cancer in Agricultural Populations 181
Kelley J. Donham

5.1 Introduction 181

5.2 Summary 198

References 200

6 Health Effects of Agricultural Pesticides 205
Kelley J. Donham

6.1 Introduction 205

6.2 Definition of Pesticides 206

6.3 History and Risk Communication 207

6.4 Pesticides: Classes, Subclasses, and Relative Toxicity 208

6.5 How Farmers, Agricultural Workers, and Agricultureassociated Workers are Exposed to Pesticides 209

6.6 The Risk of Pesticide Poisonings 214

6.7 Insecticides: Usage, Acute Toxicity Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment 215

6.8 Herbicides: Usage, Acute Toxic Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment 227

6.9 Fumigants: Usage, Acute Toxic Mechanisms and Treatment 233

6.10 Chronic Health Effects of Insecticides, Herbicides, and Fumigants 2…