Agricultural Medicine: Rural Occupational and Environmental Health, Safety, and Prevention, Second Edition is a groundbreaking and comprehensive textbook designed for students and practitioners of public health, as well as professionals in the field of rural agricultural occupational health and safety. Newly updated, this edition introduces specific occupational and environmental health and safety issues faced by agricultural workers and rural residents, offering a roadmap to establishing sustainable worker and public health support in agricultural communities.

Responding to reader demand, Agricultural Medicine, Second Edition now features more case studies, key point summaries, and new international perspective chapters that compare North American health and agricultural practices to those in Europe, the Asia Pacific, and South America. This book engages a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals, veterinarians, safety professionals, engineers, sociologists, epidemiologists, and psychologists, making it an essential resource for anyone involved in agricultural health and safety.

The second edition includes 608 pages of content, with new features to enhance the reader’s understanding and application of knowledge. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell and has dimensions of 6.9 x 1.4 x 10.1 inches, with an ISBN-10 of 1118647203 and an ISBN-13 of 978-1118647202. The book was released on June 13, 2016.