Emanuel D A
National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield, WI.
Am J Ind Med. 1990;18(4):413-9. doi: 10.1002/ajim.4700180411.
Agriculture is one of the most hazardous occupations in the United States, yet there has been no improvement noted over the past 30 years. While occupational health and safety improvements have been noted in other industrial sections, agriculture continues to pose many unusual health threats to the farmer. Screening programs are fraught with many problems in view of the widely dispersed nature of agriculture. Pulmonary function studies, dust levels, serological testing, hearing testing and noise level production, and cholinesterase levels are but a few of the tools that are available, and are helpful in looking for problems in this most vital industry in the United States.
在美国，农业是最危险的职业之一，但在过去30年里却未见改善。尽管其他工业部门的职业健康与安全状况已有改善，但农业仍继续给农民带来许多特殊的健康威胁。鉴于农业分布广泛的特性，筛查项目存在诸多问题。肺功能研究、粉尘水平、血清学检测、听力测试与噪音水平检测以及胆碱酯酶水平检测等，只是现有的部分手段，有助于在这个对美国至关重要的行业中查找问题。
