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Pradeepkumar, Narayanappa Shiroorkar, and Noyal Mariya Joseph. "Chromoblastomycosis caused by Cladophialophora carrionii in a child from India." Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 5, no. 07 (July 5, 2011): 556–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.3855/jidc.1392.

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Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic fungal infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. It usually occurs following trauma with vegetative matter and mainly affects middle-aged male agricultural workers. Only a few cases have been reported in children. The lesions commonly involve the lower limbs, while the upper limbs and face are only rarely affected. We report a case of cutaneous chromoblastomycosis of the left arm, caused by Cladophialophora carrionii, in a 9-year-old boy from India, who was earlier misdiagnosed as cutaneous tuberculosis. The patient showed a good response to treatment with itraconazole and terbinafine.
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Subbotina, I., I. Andamov, B. Bakyev, I. Kuprijanov, and Safar-zadeh Hamid Rafi k ogly. "Communicable diseases common to man and animals – current state of the problem." Naukovij vìsnik veterinarnoï medicini, no. 2(152) (December 17, 2019): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.33245/2310-4902-2019-152-2-36-45.

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Оne of the signifi cant problems for the veterinary service and for human medicine workers around the world are infectious diseases (parasitic and infectious), common to humans and animals. In most countries, this group of diseases is called “zoonoses,” although in many countries and many researchers this term raises many questions and disagreements. In a number of countries, it is customary to strictly divide them into “zooanthroponoses” and “anthropozoonoses”. However, despite the diff erence in terminology, the importance of zoonotic diseases remains relevant for everyone. Of course, in countries with diff erent climatic, geographical, cultural and gastronomic characteristics, certain diseases will prevail, but their social and economic signifi cance, however, will be similar for everyone. In our work, we wanted in a comparative aspect to show the most signifi cant zoonoses and the dependence of their distribution on climatic, geographical, gastronomic, cultural and a number of other features of the countries. We have carried out work in such countries as the Republic of Belarus, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Azerbaijan. In our work, we identifi ed the most signifi cant zoonoses for the above countries and determined the main causes and factors contributing to the emergence and dissemination of these pathologies The studies were carried out using modern research methods, such as epizootological, virological, bacteriological, molecular genetic, statistical. As a result of the studies, it was found that a number of zoonotic diseases, such as rabies, pasteurellosis, tuberculosis, are quite widespread in almost all of these countries, while anthrax, brucellosis, echinococcosis, have a signifi cant diff erence in the intensity of spread, and the immediate causes of this diff erence are both climatic and geographical factors, and features of agriculture, and a number of others. Key words: zoonoses, infections, infestations, rabies, pasteurellosis, anthrax, brucellosis, tuberculosis, echinococcosis, cestodoses, trichinosis, ascariasis, cryptosporidiosis.
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Bhargava, Salil, and Satyendra Mishra. "Tuberculosis among prisoners & health care workers." Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 67, no. 4 (December 2020): S91—S95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.11.002.

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Lee, Soo-Jin. "The Occupational Diseases of Agricultural Workers." Hanyang Medical Reviews 30, no. 4 (2010): 305. http://dx.doi.org/10.7599/hmr.2010.30.4.305.

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Arora, V. K., Kalpana Chandra, and Mina Chandra. "Occupational tuberculosis in sewage workers: A neglected domain." Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 66, no. 1 (January 2019): 3–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2018.09.001.

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Smith, Ian. "Tuberculosis Control Learning Games." Tropical Doctor 23, no. 3 (July 1993): 101–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004947559302300304.

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In teaching health workers about tuberculosis (TB) control we frequently concentrate on the technological aspects, such as diagnosis, treatment and recording. Health workers also need to understand the sociological aspects of TB control, particularly those that influence the likelihood of diagnosis and cure. Two games are presented that help health workers comprehend the reasons why TB patients often delay in presenting for diagnosis, and why they then frequently default from treatment.
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Perri, Giovanni Di, GianPietro Cadeo, Francesco Castelli, Rocco Micciolo, Sergio Bassetti, Franco Rubini, Angelo Cazzadori, et al. "Transmission of HIV-Associated Tuberculosis to Healthcare Workers." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 14, no. 2 (February 1993): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/646685.

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AbstractObjective:A retrospective investigation was made to compare the occupational risk of tuberculosis in personnel assisting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and uninfected subjects with active tuberculosis.Design:We retrospectively reviewed 6 years of hospital activity in 3 units where HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis are hospitalized and in 2 units where non-HIV-infected tuberculosis patients are hospitalized. The risk of occupational tuberculosis in healthcare workers who assisted HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis was investigated.Participants:The risk of occupational tuberculosis in healthcare workers was studied by considering the numbers of potential source cases (hospitalized patients with tuberculosis) in the two conditions investigated (HIV-positive and HIV-negative). Both potential source cases and cases of tuberculosis in healthcare workers had to be microbiologically proven in order to be considered..Results:Seven cases of tuberculosis occurred in persons who cared for 85 HIV-infected subjects with tuberculosis, while only 2 cases occurred in staff members who took care of 1,079 HIV-negative tuberculosis patients over the same period (relative risk=44.4; 95% confidence interval = 8.5-438).Conclusions:Tuberculosis seems no longer to be a neglectable risk in healthcare workers assisting patients with HIV infection. Further study is urgently needed to see whether such unexpectedly high dissemination of tuberculosis also is demonstrable in the community.
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Cobelens, F. G. J. "Tuberculosis Risks for Health Care Workers in Africa." Clinical Infectious Diseases 44, no. 3 (February 1, 2007): 324–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/509935.

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Di Perri, Giovanni, Gian Pietro Cadeo, Francesco Castelli, Rocco Micciolo, Sergio Bassetti, Franco Rubini, Angelo Cazzadori, et al. "Transmission of HIV-Associated Tuberculosis to Healthcare Workers." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 14, no. 2 (February 1993): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/30147163.

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Senior, Kathryn. "Russian health-care workers run high risk of latent tuberculosis." Lancet Infectious Diseases 7, no. 4 (April 2007): 251. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(07)70074-9.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Agricultural workers' diseases Tuberculosis"

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Clarke, Marina. "Towards cost-effective tuberculosis control in the Western Cape of South Africa : intervention study involving lay health workers on agricultural farms /." Stockholm, 2005. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2005/91-7140-314-0/.

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Kronqvist, Marianne. "Clinical and immunological studies of respiratory allergy among farmers : with focus on dust mite allergy /." Stockholm, 2000. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2000/91-628-4411-3/.

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Monge, Patricia. "Occupational exposure to pesticides and risk of leukemia among offspring in Costa Rica /." Stockholm, 2006. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2006/20061124mong/.

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Myers, Kendall Page. "Zoonotic influenza and occupational risk factors in agricultural workers." Diss., University of Iowa, 2007. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/221.

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Strong, Larkin Louise. "Identifying strategies to promote adoption of pesticide safety practices in farmworkers and their families /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5404.

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Tsai, Ming-Yi. "The Washington orchard spray drift study : understanding the broader mechanisms of pesticide spray drift /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/8471.

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Stuart, Rhonda Lee 1963. "Nosocomial tuberculous infection : assessing the risk among health care workers." Monash University, Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 2000. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9004.

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Baatjies, Roslynn. "Occupational allergy and asthma among table grape farm workers in the Hex-river Valley, Western Cape." Thesis, Peninsula Technikon, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/791.

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Thesis (MTech (Environmental Health))--Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town, 2003
Recent studies have reported an increased prevalence (19%) of respiratory symptoms among furm workers exposed to pesticides. International studies suggest excessive pesticide use and biological factors such as outdoor mites as important factors responsible for asthma symptoms. Studies in Korea suggest that spider mites may be responsible for allergic asthma symptoms among workers on fruit (citrus, apple, and . pear) furms. The fuming of wine and table grapes in South Africa involves about 3000 farms employing over 50,000 workers. Workers on table grape farms, in contrast to other fruit farms have not been previously investigated for occupational respiratory allergy to spider mites. Objectives • To determine the spectrum and prevalence of work-related allergy and asthma among table grape farm workers • To determine the environmental and host factors associated with work-related symptoms and allergic outcomes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 207 workers employed on nine table grape farms in the Hex River valley of South Africa. A modified European Community Respiratory Health Survey questionnaire was used to interview workers. Skin prick tests used 8 commercial extracts of common airborne allergens (ALK) and potential occupational allergens, which included grape mould (Botrytis cinerea) and an in-house extract of spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. Specific IgE to Tetranychus urticae was determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and to house dust mite (Dermatophagoides Pteronyssinus) and storage mite (Lepidoglyphus Destructor) using Pharrnacia CAPRAST. Results: The mean age of the workers was 36 years with a standard deviation of 11 years.
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Holmberg, Sara. "Musculoskeletal disorders among farmers and referents, with special reference to occurrence, health care utilization and etiological factors : a population-based study /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-4626.

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Ayuk, Julius Nkongho. "A cross-sectional study of tuberculosis among workers in Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Western Cape province, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85836.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: The morbidity and mortality associated with tuberculosis (TB) disease is of grave consequences for the health and employment of afflicted individuals. Healthcare workers are identified amongst high risk groups in communities. The prevalence/incidence of TB is dependent on the presence of associated risk factors which varies in diversity and intensity in different communities and workplaces. Understanding the risk factors operating in any given environment is indispensable to any tuberculosis control programme. Objective: The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence and trends of TB disease as well as to determine the risk factors associated with the disease among Tygerberg hospital employees. Method: A cross-sectional descriptive study design with a nested case-control component was used to determine the occurrence (and trends) and risk factors of TB disease respectively. Occurrence and trends of tuberculosis: The frequencies, distribution and trends of TB disease from 2008 to 2011 were obtained by calculating and comparing the annual incidence rates for each variable. Cases were identified from the occupational health clinic TB register, while the various denominator data were obtained from the Human Resource database. Determination of risk factors: Cases were recruited from the occupational health clinic TB register and controls were randomly selected from unaffected workers during the study period. Self-administered risk factor questionnaires were completed by both cases and controls. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between known and suspected risk factors and the occurrence of TB disease amongst employees. Results: Sixty six cases of TB disease occurred in the workforce during the study period resulting in an annual average incidence rate of 397/100,000 population (95% CI: 307/100,000-505/100,000). Twenty three (34.8%) of the 66 cases occurred in Housekeeping staff, making them the most affected sub-group [1181/100,000 population (95% CI: 747/100,000-1768/100,000)]. The rate of TB disease in nurses was 1.7 times (95%CI: 1.4-2.0) that of doctors. Workers in the 40-49 years age-group experienced the highest incidence [490/100,000 population (95%CI: 329.6/100,000-706.8/100,000)] of TB disease compared to the other age-groups. There was no obvious difference in gender occurrences. Disease rates varied among different racial groups, with the highest rate in black employees [1473/100,000 population, (95%CI: 924/100,000-1981/100,000)]. Distribution of TB disease in the institution was widespread, with security department being the most affected [2500/100,000 population (95%CI: 311/100,000- 9262/100,000)]. There was a downward but statistically insignificant (annual range 9-23; p=0.28) trend in the rate of disease occurrence over the study period. No previous training on TB prevention (OR: 2.97, 95% CI: 1.15 - 7.71), HIV (OR: 67.08, 95% CI: 7.54 – 596.64) and working without knowledge of TB risk profile of the workplace (OR: 8.66, 95% CI: 1.10 – 67.96) were associated with TB disease occurrence. Conclusion: Occurrence of TB disease among Tygerberg hospital employees was low compared to that of the general population of its drainage areas. Disease occurrence in the facility was wide and varied with respect to occupational groups, workplaces and time. Well-established risk factors for TB infection (and disease) were found to be determinants of disease occurrence in the facility.
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Books on the topic "Agricultural workers' diseases Tuberculosis"

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Duarte, Angela. Preliminary epidemiological study of latent tuberculosis in Mexican agricultural workers in the Niagara region, Canada. St. Catharines, Ont: Brock University, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, 2008.

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The occupational health of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C: Farmworker Justice Fund, 1986.

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Wilk, Valerie A. The occupational health of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. Washington, D.C: Farmworker Justice Fund, 1986.

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Great Britain. Department of Health. Health clearance for serious communicable diseases: New health care workers : draft guidance for consultation. London: Department of Health Publications, 2003.

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Ad Hoc Task Force on Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Health Concerns. Migrant & seasonal farmworkers health concerns: Ad Hoc Task Force report. Portland, OR: Health Division, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, 1986.

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Centers for Disease Control (U.S.), ed. NIOSH recommended guidelines for personal respiratory protection of workers in health-care facilities potentially exposed to tuberculosis. Atlanta, Ga: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1993.

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1956-, Wiles Richard, ed. Field duty: U.S. farmworkers and pesticide safety. Washington, DC, USA: World Resources Institute, 1985.

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Report to the Workers' Compensation Board on ODP revisions to Schedule 3, phase 2: Silicosis and silico-tuberculosis, tuberculosis, non-ionizing radiation and eye-injury, benzene and leukaemia. Toronto: Occupational Disease Panel, 1997.

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1948-, Lessenger James E., ed. Agricultural medicine: A practical guide. New York: Springer, 2006.

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Zambia. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Zambia), eds. Strengthening institutional capacity in mitigating HIV/AIDS impact on the agricultural sector: Potential mitigation interventions. Zambia: Republic of Zambia, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, 2004.

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Book chapters on the topic "Agricultural workers' diseases Tuberculosis"

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Hilton, Claire. "Difficult Diseases: Tuberculosis and Other Infections." In Civilian Lunatic Asylums During the First World War, 213–37. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54871-1_7.

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Abstract The pre-war annual asylum death rate of under ten per cent rose to 12 per cent in 1915–1916, and 20 per cent in 1918. There was little alarm, because causes of death were the same as pre-war, often infectious diseases, so it did not indicate staff failing in their duty of care, such as if the rise been attributed to “accidents” or suicide. Little was done to stem the rising death rate. A parallel rise did not occur in community dwelling civilians. Numerous practices, known to be unhygienic, risked spreading infection. They included: treating healthy and infectious patients together in open wards; lack of hand washing by laundry and kitchen workers and by patients after using the lavatory; lack of measures to prevent inhalation of mycobacterium tuberculosis; and drying soiled underclothing in the ward to be worn again without washing. Overcrowding, understaffing and war time austerity aggravated the situation.
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Satapathy, Suchismita. "Risk Factor in Agricultural Sector." In Advances in Systems Analysis, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing, 249–63. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1718-5.ch009.

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Occupational safety is a big issue of discussion for agricultural workers. The methods of working in the field in extreme climate totally depends on the environmental factor. Due to change in weather conditions, prices at the time of harvest could drop, hired labour may not be available at peak times, machinery and equipment could break down when most needed, animals might die, and government policy can change overnight. All of these changes are examples of the risks that farmers face in managing their farm as a business. All of these risks affect their farm profitability. Heavy rains and drought could also damage or even wipe out crops. Another source of production risk is equipment. The most common sources of risk factor are weather, climate, diseases, natural disasters, and market and environmental factor shocks. Agricultural workers need sufficient precaution and safety measures at the time of field and machine work to minimize risk factor. So, in this chapter, an effort is taken to prioritize safety majors by MAUT method.
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Akande, Femi Titus, and Akinade Adebowale Adewojo. "Information Need and Seeking Behavior of Farmers in Laduba Community of Kwara State, Nigeria." In Environmental and Agricultural Informatics, 1418–51. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch064.

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The chapter present the report of a study that examined information needs and seeking haviour of farmers in Laduba community, Kwara State, Nigeria. This study adopted a survey research design using simple sampling technique to select 28 respondents from the population. Structured questionnaire was designed for the collection of data. It was discovered from the findings that majority of the farmers were illiterate of the middle aged group between 31-40. The farmers plant many crops, but it is noticeable that the farmers plant cassava mostly, the area which the farmers indicated they need information most is on agriculture, it was also observed that the farmers access information from colleagues (co-farmers), friends and relatives, agricultural extension workers. The information needs of the farmers in this study on agriculture includes how to prevent diseases for their crops on the farm and after harvesting, the farmers also stated that they need information on how to seek for loan, where to get the best market to sell their farm produce and how to get the best agro-chemical for effective use. In this study it was discovered that the challenges the farmers face in acquiring information includes, the inability to read and write in English language, lack of constant electricity supply, conflict among members of various associations and lack of access to agricultural extension workers. It is recommended that the farmers should be given effective adult education, provision of information centre with necessary personnel and information media to boost information accessibility. Also the government was encouraged to negotiate with mobile telecommunication operators to subsidize services so that the farmers who form majority in the rural areas can access information and communicate easily through their mobile phones.
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Azok, Joseph T. "Silicosis and Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis." In Chest Imaging, 387–90. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199858064.003.0067.

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Silicosis and coal-workers pneumoconiosis (CWP) are fibrotic lung diseases secondary to the inhalation of free silica and coal dust. Exposure is typically occupational and occurs over many years before symptoms develop. Cough and shortness of breath are the most common presenting symptoms. Imaging features of silicosis and CWP are similar and often indistinguishable. Both silicosis and CWP result in upper lobe predominant disease. Pulmonary nodules are the most common imaging feature which may coalesce into progressive massive fibrosis. Lymphadenopathy and emphysema are additional findings seen in patients with silicosis and CWP. Silicosis has a higher incidence of tuberculosis and both pneumoconioses have a higher incidence of lung cancer.
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Skinner, H. Catherine W., Malcolm Ross, and Clifford Frondel. "Health Effects of Inorganic Fibers." In Asbestos and Other Fibrous Materials. Oxford University Press, 1989. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195039672.003.0006.

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It has become fashionable to start discussions of disease related to fibrous inorganic materials by referring to Pliny the Younger (A.D. 61-114), who commented in a letter on the sickness of slaves who worked with asbestos. His observation was forgotten, as evidenced by the fact that during the Middle Ages, Paracelsus (1493–1541) as well as Agricola (1494–1556) wrote extensively on “miner’s disease” without mentioning asbestos. Later, Zenker (1867) coined the word pneumo(no)coniosis to describe the diseases endemic to coal and iron miners. Differential diagnosis of the pulmonary disorders, tuberculosis, silicosis, pneumonia, and other lung disease was attempted thereafter, although the varieties were often confused even by experienced physicians. The industry that provided asbestos to modern society started at about this same time (in the 1870s). The first indication of pulmonary disorder in an asbestos worker came in an autopsy report of fibrosis by Dr. Montague- Murray at Charing Cross Hospital, London, in 1899–1900 (Peters and Peters, 1980). By 1902 asbestos was included in the list of dusts considered injurious by the Lady Inspector of Factories, Adelaide Anderson (Oliver, 1902). Auribault (1906) appears to have been the first to note high mortality in workers in an asbestos mill and weaving establishment, but he attributed their illness to calcium carbonate dust rather than asbestos. Scarpa (1908) believed the pulmonary disease of 30 asbestos workers was caused by tuberculosis, and Fahr (1914), who published the case of a female asbestos worker who died of “pleuro-pneumonia . . . with a large number of crystals in pulmonary tissue of a peculiar nature,” was clearly somewhat mystified at the presence of nonbiological materials. It was Cooke (1924, 1927, 1929) who first defined asbestos as a specific etiologic agent in pulmonary fibrosis. He described extensive fibrosis with thickened pleura and adhesions to the chest wall and pericardium in asbestos workers and noted the presence of abundant mineral matter (“curious bodies”), but also tubercular lesions. The term asbestosis was used in the 1927 publication. Pancoast and Pendergrass (1925) argued that the fibrosis seen in asbestos workers was a result of ad-mixed silica and an expression of “asbestosilicosis,” signifying uncertain etiology of the observed symptoms, a view that survivied into the 1930s (Lynch and Smith, 1935).
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Freudenberg, Nicholas. "Food." In At What Cost, 43–82. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190078621.003.0002.

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In recent decades, a growing portion of the world’s population has adopted a diet in which increasing calories come from foods high in fat, sugar, and salt that is highly processed by industrial food companies. These ultra-processed products have become the primary determinants of the rising burden of diet-related diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, now the world’s leading killers. This chapter shows how food retailers, restaurant and fast food chains, food manufacturers, and agricultural producers have changed in response to changes in capitalism to make the ultra-processed diet the global norm. The agricultural production for these products is also a leading cause of climate change. The chapter further describes an emerging yet uncoordinated popular response that includes farmers and food workers, consumer cooperatives, local governments, and food justice activists that are seeking alternatives strategies for making healthy food affordable to all.
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Akande, Femi Titus, and Akinade Adebowale Adewojo. "Information Need and Seeking Behavior of Farmers in Laduba Community of Kwara State, Nigeria." In Advances in Library and Information Science, 238–71. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0296-8.ch012.

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The chapter present the report of a study that examined information needs and seeking haviour of farmers in Laduba community, Kwara State, Nigeria. This study adopted a survey research design using simple sampling technique to select 28 respondents from the population. Structured questionnaire was designed for the collection of data. It was discovered from the findings that majority of the farmers were illiterate of the middle aged group between 31-40. The farmers plant many crops, but it is noticeable that the farmers plant cassava mostly, the area which the farmers indicated they need information most is on agriculture, it was also observed that the farmers access information from colleagues (co-farmers), friends and relatives, agricultural extension workers. The information needs of the farmers in this study on agriculture includes how to prevent diseases for their crops on the farm and after harvesting, the farmers also stated that they need information on how to seek for loan, where to get the best market to sell their farm produce and how to get the best agro-chemical for effective use. In this study it was discovered that the challenges the farmers face in acquiring information includes, the inability to read and write in English language, lack of constant electricity supply, conflict among members of various associations and lack of access to agricultural extension workers. It is recommended that the farmers should be given effective adult education, provision of information centre with necessary personnel and information media to boost information accessibility. Also the government was encouraged to negotiate with mobile telecommunication operators to subsidize services so that the farmers who form majority in the rural areas can access information and communicate easily through their mobile phones.
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"Environment : Past and Present." In Environmental Toxicology, edited by Sigmund F. Zakrzewski. Oxford University Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195148114.003.0006.

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Concern for the environment is not an entirely new phenomenon. In isolated instances, environmental and wildlife protection laws have been enacted in the past. Similarly, astute early physicians and scientists occasionally recognized occupationally related health problems within the general population. As early as 500 BC, a law was passed in Athens requiring refuse disposal in a designated location outside the city walls. Ancient Rome had laws prohibiting disposal of trash into the river Tiber. In seventeenth century Sweden, legislation was passed forbidding ‘‘slash and burn’’ land clearing; those who broke the law were banished to the New World. Although no laws protecting workers from occupational hazards were enacted until much later, the first observation that occupational exposure could create health hazards was made in 1775 by a London physician, Percival Pott. He observed among London chimney sweeps an unusually high rate of scrotal cancer that he associated (and rightly so) with exposure to soot. Colonial authorities in Newport, Rhode Island, recognizing a danger of game depletion, established the first closed season on deer hunting as early as 1639. Other communities became aware of the same problem; by the time of the American Revolution, 12 colonies had legislated some kind of wildlife protection. Following the example of Massachusetts, which established a game agency in 1865, every state had game and fish protection laws before the end of the nineteenth century (1). In 1885, to protect the population from waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid fever, New York State enacted the Water Supply Source Protection Rules and Regulations Program. These instances of environmental concern were sporadic. It was not until some time after World War II that concern for the environment and for the effects of industrial development on human health became widespread. The industrial development of the late eighteenth century, which continued throughout the nineteenth and into the twentieth century, converted the Western agricultural societies into industrialized societies. For the first time in human history, pervasive hunger in the western world ceased to be a problem. The living standard of the masses improved, and wealth was somewhat better distributed.
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Conference papers on the topic "Agricultural workers' diseases Tuberculosis"

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BUTKUS, Ričardas, and Gediminas VASILIAUSKAS. "FARMERS' EXPOSURE TO NOISE AND VIBRATION IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMS." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.059.

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Occupational noise, hand-arm and whole-body vibration are the main human health risk factors in various economic activity sectors including agriculture. Workers of agricultural sector are usually under increased risk as their exposure to these risk factors is usually longer than reference 8 hours. Moreover, most agricultural activities are related with the processes which include multiple equipment and machinery therefore noise and vibration exposure analysis is a complex issue which is usually undeservedly simplified. This problem can be emphasized by statistical data provided by State Labour Inspectorate of the Republic of Lithuania. Occupational diseases registered for farmers, agricultural and forestry workers consist 16 % of all those registered in Lithuania. Four of five occupational diseases registered in Lithuania are related to vibration and noise (musculoskeletal (66 %) and hearing loss (13 %) and has the increasing tendency over the last years. These tendencies demand a deeper analysis of noise and vibration exposure of farmers and farm workers as obtained results could help to specify the strategy or procedure to reduce negative exposure effects. The results reveal that noise exposure level usually exceed exposure action value of 80 dBA while hand-arm and whole-body vibration exposure limit value of 1.15 and 5 m/s2 respectively.
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Kotulovski, Karla, and Sandra Laleta. "THE ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN SEASONAL WORKERS: DID THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY WORSEN ALREADY PRECARIOUS WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR?" In EU 2021 – The future of the EU in and after the pandemic. Faculty of Law, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.25234/eclic/18310.

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Seasonal workers are increasingly important in some Member States as a means to fill the labour market needs. Preferred due to their lower salaries, greater docility and the evasion of administrative and social security obligations, migrant workers are often treated less favourably than domestic workers in terms of employment rights, benefits and access to adequate housing. The agricultural sector of employment is particularly at risk of labour exploitation during harvest seasons and thus associated with atypical or informal forms of employment and precarious working conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic gave visibility to the new risks the seasonal workers are exposed to. In addition, it showed that in some cases such problems can lead to the further spreading of infectious diseases and increase the risk of COVID-19 clusters. The consequences of of the pandemic can be observed in Croatia too. This paper primarily covers the position of third-country nationals who enter and reside in Croatia for the purpose of agricultural seasonal work within the framework of the Seasonal Workers Directive (Directive 2014/36/EU). Significant challenges facing the Croatian labour market have been addressed by means of a comparative approach in order to present the current situation on the EU labour market and suggest potential legal solutions applicable in regard to the national circumstances.
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BUTKUS, Ričardas, Minvydas LIEGUS, and Gediminas VASILIAUSKAS. "TENDENCIES OF NOISE LEVELS IN CABS OF AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.016.

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Acoustic noise is one of the most prevailing risk factors on the operators of construction, mining and agricultural machinery. Statistical data collected by State Labor inspectorate of Lithuania as well as in many other EU countries show that noise induced hearing loss (NIHL) is one of the common occupational diseases. These cases are linked to agricultural workers where noise related problems are primary. Therefore, this study includes noise level analysis in most common agricultural activities where self-propelled machinery is used. As more than 50 percent of all agricultural self-propelled machinery, namely tractors, under use in Lithuania are older than 20 years the purpose was to investigate acoustic climate in cabs. This study is based on the field data, collected from 50 agricultural tractors, manufactured since 1981. Results show that the noise lower exposure action value LEX,8h of 80 dB(A) is expected to be exceeded for the tractors manufactured before 1991 and mostly depends on construction of tractor cab but not on working hours. Data obtained in this study can be used for preliminary noise risk assessment of tractor operators.
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Cooper, Jennifer. "Global Occupational Hazard: Silica Dust." In ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2012-87509.

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One of the oldest industrial diseases, silicosis, results from exposures to respirable crystalline silica, also known as silica dust. Workers worldwide exposed to silica dust span a variety of industries from construction, mining, sandblasting, to masonry, and machinery. In the United States alone 1.7 million workers are exposed to crystalline silica, which can also lead to lung cancer, tuberculosis, and other chronic airway diseases [1]. This paper will examine the health effects of silica dust on the worker, discussing exposure paths, work groups affected, occupational safety measures, worker health policies, and compare these among the developed and developing world. Implementing worker safety programs, which include wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and health monitoring and developing exposure limits, can help mitigate the adverse health risks of working with silica dust. A comparison of the successes and limitations of several programs from around the world will show that strong national occupational safety programs can reduce the mortality and illness rates of silicosis due to occupational silica dust exposure. Without a strong national occupational safety program history shows that workers will remain unprotected until they rally together under tragedy to fight for safety. Before more workers suffer and die tragically and unnecessarily, global safety policy makers can take a lesson from history, examine and compare current programs, and implement strong national occupational safety programs that save lives.
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