The National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities: A Surveillance Tool for Agricultural Work-related Deaths

  • Myers, John
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AUTHOR ABSTRACT

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) monitors work-related deaths in the United States. The NIOSH system shows agriculture to a high-risk industry for occupational mortality. Information on risk by geographic region, race, age, and major cause of death are presented for the agriculture industry.

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SOURCE: Columbia, Missouri: National Institute for Farm Safety; 1989. n.p.

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This document was extracted from the CDC-NIOSH Epidemiology of Farm Related Injuries: Bibliography With Abstracts, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

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