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Overall and Cause-specific Mortality in a Cohort of Farmers and Their Spouses

Description
Highlights a study examining the overall mortality rates of farmers and their families that participated in the Agricultural Health Survey in Iowa and North Carolina. Details participants by age, gender, education and smoking status, among other factors. Compares mortality rates to the general population.
Author(s)
Srishti Shrestha, Christine G. Parks, Alexander P. Keil, et al.
Citation
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 76(9), 632-643
Date
09/2019
Type
Document
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Cancer · Chronic respiratory conditions · Diabetes · Families · Farmers and farmworkers · Injuries · Mortality · Public health · Statistics and data · Tobacco use · Iowa · North Carolina