Agricultural Medicine - 9781118647202

Newly updated, Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Edition is 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, the book 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.

Newly updated and revised from the first edition based on feedback from readers, members of an international consensus committee, chapter reviews from international leaders in the field and recent peer-reviewed publications.

Features additional case studies and key point summaries.

New international comparison chapters examining health and agricultural practices in Europe, Australia, and South and Central America.

Takes a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, including coverage of physical, social, and mental health issues in agriculture.