@article{ref1,
title="Work-related injuries among Iowa farm operators: an analysis of the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="1998",
author="Zwerling, Craig S. and Torner, J. C. and Whitten, P. S. and Burmeister, L. F. and Sprince, N. L. and Lewis, M. Q.",
volume="33",
number="5",
pages="510-517",
abstract="In 1994, the Iowa Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project carried out a two-stage, stratified, cluster survey of Iowa farms using a mail survey. With data from this representative sample of Iowa farmers, we examined the associations between farm-work-related injuries and possible risk factors for 390 principal farm operators. Forty (10.3%) of these operators reported being injured while doing farm work. We developed a logistic regression to assess associations between potential risk factors and injury. We found three factors significantly associated with injury: younger age (odds ratio [OR] = 3.1, confidence interval [CI] = 1.1-9.3), having an impairment or health problem that limits work (OR = 2.4, CI = 1.5-3.8), and hand or arm exposure to acids or alkalis (OR = 2.6, CI = 1.1-5.9). In the univariate analysis, safety training did not seem to protect farmers from injuries.",
language="",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}