Objective. The goal of the study was to systematically review the global body of evidence
surrounding the effectiveness of interventions for the prevention of acute pediatric …

Agriculture is one of the most hazardous economic sectors, and it accounts for many
accidents and occupational diseases every year. In Italy, about one-third of injuries involve …

Background Previous studies have shown that older farmers and farm workers have been
identified at high risk for farm fatalities, most notably involving tractor overturns. Older …

Background Efforts to control agricultural injuries have been underway for years. Yet, very
little is known about their trends over time. We examined trends in non-fatal agricultural …

Objective In a contemporary sample of Saskatchewan farm people, to relate the degree of
mechanized and also non-mechanized farm work to the occurrence of being overweight or …

Children are at high risk for agricultural injury, yet there is little documentationabout the
range of farm work that children perform or the ages at which childrenexperience these work …

Introduction Agricultural injuries remain a major concern in North America, with a fatal injury
rate of 19.5 deaths per 100,000 workers in the United States. Numerous research efforts …

The number of recognized accidents with fatalities during agricultural and forestry work,
despite better technology and coordinated prevention and trainings, is still very high in …

PROBLEM: While agricultural injury has been identified among the major causes of
occupational injury mortality and morbidity, data have been limited pertinent to the …

Background Agricultural work in the United States and Canada continues to be one of the
most dangerous vocations. Surveillance evidence suggests that older farmers (> 60 years of …