The transition of anemia in female farmers and investigations of its causative factors.

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• Personal Author:
  Fatatsuka M ; Koyama W ; Nomura S
• Description:
  Analyses were made of the prevalence of anemia among women engaged in work on Japanese farms. In most cases this anemia was diagnosed hematologically as iron deficiency anemia. During the course of the study the local population became more aware of the situation and the eating habits began to improve, resulting in a lowering of the number of cases and the severity of the anemia found. Results indicated that the incidence of anemia was significantly lower among these workers than in the general population. The averages of about 2,000 female farmers increased from 12.04 grams per deciliter (g/dl) for 1967 to 1968 to 12.85g/dl for 1976 to 1977, with a steady rise in hemoglobin concentrations in recent years. The incidence of cases below 12g/dl dropped from 43.8 percent to 16.1 percent during this time period. Those below 11g/dl dropped from 14.1 to 5.8 percent. As regards the changes in eating habits over these years, the intake of animal protein, animal iron, iron per unit energy, vitamin-A, vitamin-B2, lysine, and valine increased which carbohydrate and phosphorus concentrations decreased. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Epidemiology Farmers Hematologic Tests Occupational Health Safety Sex Characteristics
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Grants-other; Blood-analysis; Agricultural-workers; Farmers; Epidemiology; Disease-incidence; Sex-factors
• Publisher:
  International Association of Agricultural Medicine
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; OSHA Region 7 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  60-66
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00182614
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Rural Medicine, September 17-21, Salt Lake City, Utah. International Association of Agricultural Medicine, 1978 Sep; :60-66
• Contact Point Address:
  Prev Med & Environmental Hlth University of Iowa Inst/agric Med & Environ Hlth Iowa Oakdale, Iowa 52319
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants Other
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19770201
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the VII International Congress of Rural Medicine, September 17-21, Salt Lake City, Utah
• End Date:
  19800229
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242624/cdc_242624_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]