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Proportional mortality and years of potential life lost due to liver diseases among agricultural workers, Brazil, 2017 to 2022 [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
: This study aimed to describe the profile and calculate the years of potential life lost (YPLL) due to liver diseases in Brazilian agricultural workers from 2017 to 2022.
Jailma dos Santos Silva, Soraia Arruda, Thayane Silva Nunes, Wiler de Paula Dias, Adedayo Michael Awoniyi, Armando Meyer, Cleber Cremonese   +6 more
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Occupational health and safety in agriculture. A systematic review

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2020
  Introduction: The prevalence of occupational diseases in the agricultural sector is higher than in other industries, since agricultural workers are at higher risk of exposure to different chemicals and pesticides, and are more prone to occupational ...
Licet Paola Molina-Guzmán, Leonardo Alberto Ríos-Osorio   +1 more
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Is pesticide exposure a cause of obstructive airways disease? [PDF]

, 2014
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Ayres, Jon G., Cowie, Hilary, Crawford, Joanne O, Devereux, Graham, Dick, Finlay, Dixon, Ken, Doust, Emma   +6 more
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Stomach cancer mortality among agricultural workers: results from a death certificate-based case-control study

Cadernos de Saúde Coletiva, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Pesticide consumption is very high in Brazil.OBJECTIVE: The present study investigated the stomach cancer mortality among Brazilian agricultural workers in Rio de Janeiro state.METHODS: In this case-control study, cases were individuals of ...
Patricia de Moraes Mello Boccolini, Carmen Ildes Rodrigues Froes Asmus, Juliana de Rezende Chrisman, Volney de Magalhães Câmara, Steven B. Markowitz, Armando Meyer   +5 more
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Summary of the labor situation in Bolivia [PDF]

, 1958
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United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Q Fever among Culling Workers, the Netherlands, 2009–2010

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
In 2009, dairy goat farms in the Netherlands were implicated in >2,300 cases of Q fever; in response, 51,820 small ruminants were culled. Among 517 culling workers, despite use of personal protective equipment, 17.5% seroconverted for antibodies to ...
Jane Whelan, Barbara Schimmer, Peter M. Schneeberger, Jamie Meekelenkamp, Wim van der Hoek, Mirna Robert–Du Ry van Beest Holle   +5 more
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Chronic respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function status in Ethiopian agricultural workers: a comparative study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2020
Background Work-related respiratory disorders are major contributors to the global burden of respiratory diseases. Agricultural workers are exposed to a number of dusts, which may contribute to the development of respiratory disorders.
Gashaw Garedew Woldeamanuel, Alemu Basazin Mingude, Getachew Yideg Yitbarek, Mitku Mammo Taderegew   +3 more
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Potential of multi-species livestock farming to improve the sustainability of livestock farms: A review. [PDF]

, 2020
Diversified farming systems are proposed as a major mechanism to address the many sustainability issues of today's agriculture. Multi-species livestock farming, i.e.
Barth, Kerstin, Benoit, Marc, Brock, Christopher, Destruel, Marie, Dumont, Bertrand, Grillot, Myriam, Hübner, Severin, Magne, Marie-Angélina, Martin, Guillaume, Moerman, Marie, Mosnier, Claire, Parsons, David, Primi, Riccardo, Ronchi, Bruno, Schanz, Lisa, Steinmetz, Lucille, Werne, Steffen, Winckler, Christoph   +17 more
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Disease Prevalence and Mortality among Agricultural Workers in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2010
The aim of this paper was to provide an overview of mortality and disease prevalence related to occupational diseases among agricultural workers in Korea. We evaluated the age-standardized mortality rates and the prevalence of chronic diseases and compared them with those of other populations using death registration data from 2004 through 2008 and the
Lee, Won Jin, Cha, Eun Shil, Moon, Eun Kyeong   +2 more
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Impacts of Climate Change on indirect human exposure to pathogens and chemicals from agriculture [PDF]

, 2008
Objective: Climate change is likely to affect the nature of pathogens and chemicals in the environment and their fate and transport. Future risks of pathogens and chemicals could therefore be very different from those of today.
Adhikari A, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Anthony Hardy, David B. Turley, David Stone, Edward Topp, Elizabeth M.H. Wellington, European Communities, Food and Agriculture Organization, Gale P, Giovanni Leonardi, Githecko AK, Gordon Nichols, Haines A, Hawkes C, Kerry Walsh, Laura Burgin, Laura Potts, Leonard S. Levy, Patterson DT, Peter D. Falloon, Philip M. Haygarth, R. Sari Kovats, Richard J. Williams, Sabine Beulke, Simon A. Parsons, Tatiana Boucard, Thomas Hutchinson, van den Berg H   +28 more
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