Journal of Agromedicine NEWS UPDATE

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Journal of Agromedicine NEWS UPDATE

March 2009

From: Heiberger, Managing Editor

PRODUCTION

Journal of Agromedicine 14(1) is now being mailed, on time. It

features a salute to Kelley J. Donham, selected by the Editors and Associate

Editors as the Journal of Agromedicine

2009 “Leader in the Field.” Dr. Donham is a pioneer in agricultural

health and safety in veterinary medicine, research, education, and policy

development, and continues to be a vibrant force in these areas on the state,

national, and international levels. Also in this issue is a paper by Dr.

Donham, “The Changing Face of Agricultural Health and Safety -

Alternative Agriculture,” from a conference held in Omaha, Nebraska: The Changing Face of Agricultural Health and Safety:

Biofuels, Food Safety, and Alternative Agriculture.

The present issue also includes papers on the topics of: adolescent and

youth participation in agricultural tasks on Wisconsin dairy farms (Chapman et

al.); lack of sleep and depression as significant variables associated with

chronic low back pain in migrant farm worker families in Texas (Eva Shipp et

al.); ergonomic solutions and youth (Kotowski et al.); adequate primary health

services for the increasing number of Spanish-speaking employees in

Northeastern dairy farms ( et al.); diplopia related to green tobacco

sickness in Polish tobacco production (Satora).

NEXT ISSUE

Don’t miss our next issue, due out in late May, containing nearly

30 papers from Sixth International

Symposium: Public Health and the Agricultural-Rural Ecosystem, held

last October in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

WEB

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CONTACT US

We welcome your inquiries and suggestions. Please contact either managing

editor Heiberger or editorial assistant Ruth Mueller at agromedicine@...

or 1-800-662-6900.