Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health, Safety, and Prevention
- ISBN-10
- 1118647211
- ISBN-13
- 9781118647219
- Series
- Agricultural Medicine
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 600
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-03-24
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Kelley J. Donham, Anders Thelin
Description
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.
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- 2016-06-13
- 608 pages
- Paperback
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- 600 pages
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