Newly updated for a second edition, Agricultural Medicine:Occupational and Environmental Medicine for Rural Health is a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook and reference for students of public health and health professionals in the field of rural medicine. The book introduces the specific health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers, and provides a roadmap to establishing sustainable public health support in agricultural communities.
Revised and updated based on feedback from reader surveys, Agricultural Medicine now features more case studies, key point summaries, end of chapter quizzes, 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, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, for whom this book serves as an essential resource.
