Mortality in the California Farmer Health Study cohort

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• Personal Author:
  Armitage TL ; Mitchell D ; Schenker M
• Description:
  Western agriculture, in comparison with Midwestern and Eastern, is more diverse, with a drier climate, mild winters, and different exposures. This randomly selected cohort of 1947 Californian farmers confirmed the usual finding: a lower mortality rate than general population (by 50%). A low smoking prevalence and healthy worker effect are likely contributors. Although farmers were more likely to die from injuries and skin cancer, death was less likely from Alzheimer's and cerebrovascular diseases. Within the cohort, disability and persistent wheeze were associated with increased mortality. The 200 deaths were insufficient to determine the significance of rare diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Cohort Studies Epidemiology Farmers Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Author Keywords: Farmer California Cohort Cohort Studies Mortality Mortality Studies
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  288-299
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041910
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2012 Jul; 17(3):288-299
• Contact Point Address:
  Marc Schenker, MD, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
• Email:
  mbschenker@phs.ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e5581d9bdf10bd0f6762a0f5082ba94e6572a3a7b933e92c8108616000949c3be25c538962b5fc58e315c6aeb07d06f2a854b2f42167fa16254f392a8ab789d6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194328/cdc_194328_DS1.pdf
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