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Tetanus Vaccination in Agricultural Workers: A Retrospective Study on Seroprevalence over 10 Years [PDF]

Vaccines
Background/Objectives: Tetanus is a serious, non-contagious infection caused by Clostridium tetani, which remains a global health threat despite the availability of an effective vaccine. The current state of immunization for agricultural workers in Italy
Ermanno Vitale, Veronica Filetti, Giorgio Bertolazzi, Gabriele Giorgianni, Nektaria Zagorianakou, Andrea Marino, Massimiliano Esposito, Vincenzo Restivo, Serena Matera, Venerando Rapisarda, Luigi Cirrincione   +10 more
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Exposure of Syrian refugee agricultural workers to pesticides in Lebanon: a socio-economic and political lens [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
This article adopts a socio-economic and political lens to elucidate the interplay of factors that heighten the vulnerability of Syrian refugee agricultural workers and their exposure to pesticides in Lebanon.
Bandar Noory, Rima R. Habib, Iman Nuwayhid   +2 more
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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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Paper versus Practice: Occupational Health and Safety Protections and Realities for Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers in Ontario [PDF]

, 2014
Over 20,000 temporary foreign agricultural workers come to Ontario each year, primarily from Mexico and the Caribbean. Agricultural workers are exposed to a number of occupational health and safety (OHS) risks.
Haines, Ted, Hennebry, Jenna, McLaughlin, Janet   +2 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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Assessment of pesticide residues in blood samples of agricultural workers in Egypt

Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2020
The aim of this study was to monitor pesticide residues in the blood of agricultural workers (farmers, pesticide dealers, and spraying workers) living in the Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt.
Shehata Shalaby, Gehan Abdou
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