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Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin
Farmers are exposed to a number of biological, physical and chemical factors harmful to the health, resulting from the specific nature of their work environment. As is clear from epidemiological studies about occupational diseases, pneumoconioses and infectious and parasitic diseases are recorded mo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3858660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353492 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.38361 |
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author | Żukiewicz-Sobczak, Wioletta A. Chmielewska-Badora, Jolanta Wróblewska, Paula Zwoliński, Jacek |
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description | Farmers are exposed to a number of biological, physical and chemical factors harmful to the health, resulting from the specific nature of their work environment. As is clear from epidemiological studies about occupational diseases, pneumoconioses and infectious and parasitic diseases are recorded most commonly. Due to the character of farmer's work, the greatest risk to his health is biological hazards in the form of numerous microorganisms and their metabolites, and particles of plants and animals contained in the organic dust and pathogens transmitted by vectors such as ticks. The health status of farmers is often worse than of other professional groups as a result of limited access to health care and lower health literacy. Therefore, farmers should be subject to a system of diagnosing occupational diseases, and many preventive and educational programs concerning health risks associated with their work. The aim of this paper is to characterize occupational diseases of farmers including allergic diseases, tick-borne diseases and zoonoses. |
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spelling | pubmed-38586602013-12-18 Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin Żukiewicz-Sobczak, Wioletta A. Chmielewska-Badora, Jolanta Wróblewska, Paula Zwoliński, Jacek Postepy Dermatol Alergol Review Papers Farmers are exposed to a number of biological, physical and chemical factors harmful to the health, resulting from the specific nature of their work environment. As is clear from epidemiological studies about occupational diseases, pneumoconioses and infectious and parasitic diseases are recorded most commonly. Due to the character of farmer's work, the greatest risk to his health is biological hazards in the form of numerous microorganisms and their metabolites, and particles of plants and animals contained in the organic dust and pathogens transmitted by vectors such as ticks. The health status of farmers is often worse than of other professional groups as a result of limited access to health care and lower health literacy. Therefore, farmers should be subject to a system of diagnosing occupational diseases, and many preventive and educational programs concerning health risks associated with their work. The aim of this paper is to characterize occupational diseases of farmers including allergic diseases, tick-borne diseases and zoonoses. Termedia Publishing House 2013-10-30 2013-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3858660/ /pubmed/24353492 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.38361 Text en Copyright © 2013 Termedia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Papers Żukiewicz-Sobczak, Wioletta A. Chmielewska-Badora, Jolanta Wróblewska, Paula Zwoliński, Jacek Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
title | Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
title_full | Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
title_fullStr | Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
title_short | Farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
title_sort | farmers’ occupational diseases of allergenic and zoonotic origin |
topic | Review Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3858660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24353492 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.38361 |
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