Case Studies in Agricultural Medicine: Respiratory Disease in Agriculture (A Self-Instructional Case Study)
Author: UC Agricultural Health and Safety Center at Davis
Date Published: 1995
This is containing education material for health care professionals dealing specifically with agricultural health issues. The case studies in agricultural medicine in monographs have been designed to increase primary care providers' knowledge of diseases common among farmers and agricultural workers and to aid in the evaluation of farmers and agricultural workers. The diverse exposures and people in agriculture are linked by the relatively few common respiratory diseases: pneumonitis; pulmonary edema; obstructive lung disease; and restrictive lung disease. Therefore, we will present a case, then discuss exposures, population at risk, diseases, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of respiratory disease in agriculture. This monograph has been designed to increase primary care providers' knowledge of diseases common among farmers and agricultural workers and to aid the evaluation of farmers and agricultural workers
Date Published: 1995
This is containing education material for health care professionals dealing specifically with agricultural health issues. The case studies in agricultural medicine in monographs have been designed to increase primary care providers' knowledge of diseases common among farmers and agricultural workers and to aid in the evaluation of farmers and agricultural workers. The diverse exposures and people in agriculture are linked by the relatively few common respiratory diseases: pneumonitis; pulmonary edema; obstructive lung disease; and restrictive lung disease. Therefore, we will present a case, then discuss exposures, population at risk, diseases, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of respiratory disease in agriculture. This monograph has been designed to increase primary care providers' knowledge of diseases common among farmers and agricultural workers and to aid the evaluation of farmers and agricultural workers
