Occupational health among migrant and seasonal farmworkers: The specific case of dermatitis

✍ Scribed by Dr. Marc B. Schenker; Stephen A. McCurdy

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 503 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-3586
• DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700180317

✦ Synopsis

Occupational health studies of agricultural workers havc generally excluded migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and this population experiences a high degree of health risk from agricultura! exposures. A survey of dermatologic disorders among migrant and seasonal farmworkers will be used to illustrate this point. Data from a recent field study are presented to illustrate epidemiologic approaches to studying dermatologic disorders in farmworkers and risk factors foi dermatitis. This study suggests there is generally a high health risk to agricultural workers and this study also suggests methods to investigate other acute and chronic diseases among agricultural workers.