Occupational health outcomes for workers in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector: implications for immigrant workers in the Southeastern US

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• Personal Author:
  Agnew M ; Haynes C ; Howard T ; Klein BG ; Kucera KL ; Langley R ; Levin, Jeffrey L. ; Nussbaum MA ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  Background: Workers in the Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (AgFF) sector experience exposures directly related to the work itself, as well as the physical environment in which the work occurs. Health outcomes vary from immediate to delayed, and from acute to chronic. Methods: We reviewed existing literature on the health outcomes of work in the AgFF sector and identified areas where further research is needed to understand the impact of these exposures on immigrant Latino workers in the southeastern US. Results: Outcomes related to specific body systems (e.g., musculoskeletal, respiratory) as well as particular exposure sources (e.g., pesticides, noise) were reviewed. The most extensive evidence exists for agriculture, with a particular focus on chemical exposures. Little research in the southeastern US has examined health outcomes of exposures of immigrant workers in forestry or fisheries. Conclusion: As the AgFF labor force includes a growing number of Latino immigrants, more research is needed to characterize a broad range of exposures and health outcomes experienced by this population, particularly in forestry and fisheries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Forestry Hunting Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Industry Author Keywords: Immigrant Fishing Industry Forestry Workers Immigrant Workers Occupational Health
• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042972
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2013 Aug; 56(8):940-959
• Contact Point Address:
  Sara A. Quandt, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences,Wake Forest School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157
• Email:
  squandt@wakehealth.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100401
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20210331
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bd2b277015ffd2d637be705a5808cf8454434289c9f65e760a977c92970d561ff544d787e761ffe2301bd6cf89c673ccd391a953a0974684bd3d109c8e09220c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/195017/cdc_195017_DS1.pdf
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