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Peer reviewedPerry, Melissa J. – Journal of Rural Health, 2003
A review of a medical database examined health risks to children living and working on farms. Numbers of at-risk children and the laws governing child farm work are discussed. Farm youth experienced exposures to potentially harmful chemicals and disproportionately high rates of work-related fatalities. Long-term health effects of chemical exposure…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Child Health, Child Labor
