Piyush Kathane
Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS IN FEMALE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN INDIA ? A NARRATIVE REVIEW
Author(s): Piyush Kathane and Shiv Joshi*
According to ancient texts, India's heritage of agriculture sector development transcends back to the Indus valley civilization. India is second in the domain of agricultural productivity. Farming employed more significant than 50% of India's workers and generated about 18% of the nation's revenue. However, provided the severity of underlying urgent issues which surround the field and the country, both agriculture communities and the agricultural industry overall have seen a great deal of turmoil and the medical industry has neatly overlooked it. According to research, hypersensitivity to grains soot, fungal allergens, cereal pollen grains, animal hair, including mites enhance the incidence of respiratory problems and immunological disorders in agricultural laborers. Another typical occurrence is farmer's lungs, an immunologic mediated pneumonitis brought on by fungi v.. Read More»