Occupational health among migrant and seasonal farmworkers: the specific case of dermatitis.
Occupational health studies of agricultural workers have generally excluded migrant and seasonal farmworkers, and this population experiences a high degree of health risk from agricultural 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 for 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.
Schenker
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Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, IEHR, University of California-Davis 95616.
McCurdy
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D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology