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Health risks of irrigation with untreated urban wastewater in the southern Punjab, Pakistan [PDF]

Irrigation water / Water quality / Water reuse / Waste waters / Risks / Public health / Diseases / Farmers / Pakistan / Southern Punjab ...
Feenstra, S., Hussain, R., van der Hoek, W.   +2 more
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POPULATION AGING AND INCREASING CHRONIC DISEASE BURDEN AMONG UNAUTHORIZED AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

Innovation in Aging
Abstract The US and Mexico are experiencing rapid population aging and increased chronic disease burden. We hypothesize these dynamics are magnified among undocumented farmworkers who work in challenging conditions and have limited access to healthcare.
Bishop, Nicholas, Campos, Baltazar, Martinez, Daniel, Yahirun, Jenjira   +3 more
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Rural Poverty in Southeast Asia: Issues, Policies, and Challenges [PDF]

Economic growth among Southeast Asian countries during the last 25 years has averaged at five percent per year and has been accompanied by a decline in the relative importance of agriculture in the national output and employment.
Arsenio M. Balisacan, Rosemarie G. Edillon, Sharon Faye A. Piza   +2 more
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in farmers and agricultural workers - an overview.

Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine : AAEM, 2012
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by airflow obstruction that is not fully reversible. It is most often caused by smoking, but other factors including exposure to biological agents can play a significant role in its development.
Michał, Szczyrek, Paweł, Krawczyk, Janusz, Milanowski, Iwona, Jastrzębska, Agnieszka, Zwolak, Jadwiga, Daniluk   +5 more
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Mental well-being among Syrian refugee workers in Lebanon: a multidimensional approach. [PDF]

J Glob Health
Habib RR, Al Nakib G, Fakih LM, Awad Z, Saad L, Awada F, Kanaan MF, Nuwayhid I.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Employment status and cardiometabolic multimorbidity: results from China health and retirement longitudinal study. [PDF]

Popul Health Metr
Pan Y, Bobak M, Pikhart H, Pikhartova J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Occupational Diseases of Agricultural Workers

Hanyang Medical Reviews, 2010
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Experiences of heat stress and adapting practices among farmworkers in northwest Nicaragua: a qualitative study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Pineda Reyes AL, Jaime A, Aragón A, López-Bonilla I, Pearce N, Caplin B, González-Quiroz M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Human-animal interfaces and zoonotic disease risks in China: a review of contact behaviors and risk communication. [PDF]

Sci One Health
Li H, Kim S, Machalaba C.
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Confirmed clinical case of chronic kidney disease of nontraditional causes in agricultural communities in Central America: a case definition for surveillance

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
Over the last 20 years, many reports have described an excess of cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the Pacific coastal area of Central America, mainly affecting male farmworkers and signaling a serious public health problem.
Alejandro Ferreiro, Guillermo Álvarez-Estévez, Manuel Cerdas-Calderón, Zulma Cruz-Trujillo, Elio Mena, Marina Reyes, Mabel Sandoval-Diaz, Vicente Sánchez-Polo, Régulo Valdés, Pedro Ordúnez   +9 more
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