Objective. The child labor laws are intended to protect young workers from the most dangerous
jobs. However, children who work on their parents’ farms are exempt from these laws. …

Every three days a child dies in an agriculture-related incident, and every day 45 children
are injured in the United States. These tragedies should not be regarded as “accidents,” as …

Appropriate supervision is recommended as a strategy to prevent pediatric farm injuries, yet
virtually nothing is known about the quality of adult supervision on farms. We therefore …

Background: Agricultural injuries are an important health concern for pediatric populations
and particularly for children of pre school age. This study was conducted to estimate rates and …

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 …

Methods A survey instrument developed by the researcher was mailed to the farmers.
Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data.

Competing theories exist about why asymmetry is observed in noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).
We evaluated these theories using a cohort of young workers studied over 16 years. …

Background Children living on farms experience exceptionally high risks for traumatic injury.
There is a large body of epidemiological research documenting this phenomenon, yet few …

The Saskatchewan Farm Injury Cohort (SFIC) is a major new Canadian study that was
developed to evaluate potential causes of injury among farmers and their family members. The …

Objectives The authors had a unique opportunity to study the early impacts of occupational
and recreational exposures on the development of noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in a …