University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview / Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin -- Special risk populations in agricultural communities / Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin -- Agricultural respiratory diseases / Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin -- Agricultural skin diseases / Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin -- Cancer in agricultural populations / Kelley J. Donham -- Health effects of agricultural pesticides / Kelley J. Donham -- General environmental hazards in agriculture communities / Kelley J. Donham and Anders Thelin -- Musculoskeletal disorders / Anders Thelin and Kelley J. Donham -- Physical factors / Anders Thelin and Kelley J. Donham -- Psychosocial conditions in agriculture / Anders Thelin and Kelley J. Donham -- Acute injuries in agriculture / Kelley J. Donham, Aaron Yoder, and LaMar Grafft -- Veterinary pharmaceuticals : potential occupational and community health hazards / Kelley J. Donham -- Zoonotic diseases : overview of occupational hazards in agriculture / Kelley J. Donham -- International agricultural safety and health / Kelley J. Donham ; Agricultural medicine in South America -- the mercosur 4 : Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay / Marcos Grigioni and Kelley J. Donham ; Agricultural medicin in Australia and New Zealan / Susan Brumby ; Agricultural medicin in : the European community / Christina Lunner Kolstrup and Peter Lundqvist -- Prevention of illness and injury in agriculture / Kelley J. Donham.

"Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Editionis a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students and practitioners of public health, and professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. The book introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities. Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine, Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters comparing North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America. Agricultural health and safety engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource"--The publisher.