Risk factors for chronic kidney disease of non-traditional causes: a systematic review
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2019 Objectives. To evaluate the potential associations between chronic kidney disease of uncertain or nontraditional etiology (CKDnT) and agrochemicals, heat stress, heavy metals, and other factors identified in the literature in any region of the world and ...
Evelina Chapman +5 more
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Chronic Kidney Disease Among Agricultural Workers in Central America
American Journal of Public Health, 2014 A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "The Epidemic of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology in Mesoamerica: A Call for Interdisciplinary Research and Action" by C. Wesseling, J. Crow, C. Hagstedt et al. in a 2013 issue.
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Organic Agriculture and Food Utilization [PDF]
, 2007 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 90. Food safety: Many aspects of organic agriculture reduce the risks of pathogens (zoonoses), mycotoxins, bacterial toxins and industrial toxic pollutants, compared to conventional agriculture.
Brandt, Dr Kirsten
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One Health in food safety and security education: Subject matter outline for a curricular framework. [PDF]
, 2017 Educating students in the range of subjects encompassing food safety and security as approached from a One Health perspective requires consideration of a variety of different disciplines and the interrelationships among disciplines. The Western Institute
Angelos, John A +4 more
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Knee osteoarthritis in a chestnut farmer – Case Report
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2017 Introduction Several studies have dealt with the issue of professional risk factors and onset of knee osteoarthritis (OA). In particular, occupational epidemiological studies have provided evidence that activities resulting in biomechanical overload may ...
Stefano Mattioli +5 more
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Evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux disease and related factors in seasonal agricultural workers
Medicine Science | International Medical Journal, 2020 As gastroesophageal reflux disease affects various aspects of health and consumes considerable resources, it is important to know its prevalence in seasonal agricultural workers. This study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of gastroesophageal reflux disease and related factors in seasonal agricultural workers.The study is a cross-sectional study
BALCIOĞLU, HÜSEYİN +6 more
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Paradox in Paradise: Hidden Health Inequities on California's Central Coast [PDF]
, 2006 Examines the health of people living in the Central Coast region of California, and provides data about the area's increasingly diversified population and challenged health delivery ...
Amy Gilman, Joel Diringer
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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 +28 more
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Condiciones de trabajo y evaluación de los factores de riesgo presentes en la población rural [PDF]
Tecnura, 2010 Agricultural work is considered one of the most dangerous in the world. Besides the lack of linkage of workers in the Integral Social Security System, which leads to the occurrence of occupational diseases and accidents at work, because the continuous ...
Agustín Vega Torres +2 more
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Occupational exposure to pesticides and respiratory health
European Respiratory Review, 2015 This article aims to review the available literature regarding the link between occupational exposure to pesticides and respiratory symptoms or diseases. Identification of epidemiological studies was performed using PubMed.
Ali Mamane +4 more
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