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Creatinine Fluctuations Forecast Cross-Harvest Kidney Function Decline Among Sugarcane Workers in Guatemala

Kidney International Reports, 2020
Background: Chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) is an epidemic that disproportionately affects young agriculture workers in hot regions. It has been hypothesized that repeated acute kidney injury (AKI) may play a role in the development of ...
Miranda Dally, Jaime Butler-Dawson, Richard J. Johnson, Lyndsay Krisher, Diana Jaramillo, Kira L. Newman, Lee S. Newman   +6 more
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High SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence and Rapid Neutralizing Antibody Decline among Agricultural Workers in Rural Guatemala, June 2020–March 2021

Vaccines, 2022
Essential agricultural workers work under occupational conditions that may increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure and transmission. Data from an agricultural worker cohort in Guatemala, and anti-SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid IgG (anti-N IgG) testing were ...
Chelsea Iwamoto, Kelsey E. Lesteberg, Molly M. Lamb, Diva M. Calvimontes, Kejun Guo, Bradley S. Barrett, Kaylee L. Mickens, Lindsey M. Duca, Jose Monzon, Anna N. Chard, Gerber Guzman, Edgar Barrios, Neudy Rojop, Kareen Arias, Melissa Gomez, Claudia Paiz, Guillermo Antonio Bolanos, Kathryn M. Edwards, Emily Zielinski Gutierrez, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Edwin J. Asturias, Mario L. Santiago, J. David Beckham, Daniel Olson   +23 more
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Respiratory illness in agricultural workers [PDF]

Occupational Medicine, 2002
Respiratory diseases have long been recognized in association with work in farming. Overall, only a small proportion of the population is employed in agriculture, so respiratory disease in farmers is not a major public health issue. However, farmers are known to have high morbidity and mortality from certain respiratory diseases, as shown by routinely ...
Linaker, C., Smedley, J.
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Lack of Agreement between Safety Priorities and Practices in Agricultural Operators: A Challenge for Injury Prevention

Safety, 2022
Despite training and prevention programs, injury rates in agriculture remain high, and safety compliance is a challenge. Our aim was to compare farm operators’ reported safety priorities to related behaviors.
Cheryl L. Beseler, Risto H. Rautiainen
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Pouvoir parler des pesticides ? Une recherche-action pour éprouver les capabilités des travailleurs viticoles (Gironde, France)

VertigO, 2021
In France, the intense public debate on pesticides is still hardly accessible to agricultural workers, even though they are expected to change their practices and are highly exposed.
Ludovic Ginelli, Jacqueline Candau, Agossè Nadège Degbelo, Camille Noûs   +3 more
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Exposure of agricultural workers in California to wildfire smoke under past and future climate conditions

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Wildfire activity in the western U.S. has increased in frequency and severity in recent decades. Wildfire smoke emissions contribute to elevated fine particulate matter (PM _2.5 ) concentrations that are dangerous to public health. Due to the outdoor and
Miriam E Marlier, Katherine I Brenner, Jia Coco Liu, Loretta J Mickley, Sierra Raby, Eric James, Ravan Ahmadov, Heather Riden   +7 more
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How to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in the Agri-Food Industry during the First Pandemic Wave: Effects on Seroprevalence

Applied Sciences, 2021
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, many workplaces were forced to interrupt their activities or alternatively had to prefer a smart way of working, if this was compatible with their activities, to contain the spread of the virus. Some production activities,
Ermanno Vitale, Francesca Vella, Veronica Filetti, Luigi Cirrincione, Giuliano Indelicato, Emanuele Cannizzaro, Venerando Rapisarda   +6 more
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COVID-19 outbreak among temporary foreign workers in British Columbia, March to May 2020

Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2021
Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, temporary foreign workers (TFWs) provided a critical role to maintaining the food supply in Canada, yet workers faced a number of challenges that made them particularly vulnerable to ...
Silvina Mema, Gillian Frosst, Kristen Hanson, Cheryl Yates, Amanda Anderson, Jennifer Jacobsen, Caroline Guinard, America Lima, Tannis Andersen, Melissa Roe   +9 more
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Experience and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6 to 12-Year-Old School Children in an Agricultural Community: A Cross-Sectional Study

Children, 2021
Objective: To describe the experience and prevalence of dental caries in schoolchildren aged 6–12 years belonging to agricultural manual worker households.
Juan José Villalobos-Rodelo, Martha Mendoza-Rodríguez, Rosalina Islas-Zarazúa, Sonia Márquez-Rodríguez, Mariana Mora-Acosta, América Patricia Pontigo-Loyola, María de Lourdes Márquez-Corona, Carlo Eduardo Medina-Solís, Gerardo Maupomé   +8 more
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Coöperation among Agricultural Workers [PDF]

Journal of Economic Entomology, 1918
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