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Occupational Health Problems of the Rural Work Force

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Medical Practice in Rural Communities

Abstract

Just as rural was historically synonymous with farm, so the rural worker commonly is thought of as a farmer. However, the number of persons employed in agriculture has been steadily decreasing. This decrease has been paralleled by a continuing diversification of rural employment possibilities, resulting from the decentralization of American manufacturing and the movement of many plants to rural locations, as well as from increases in the size of other rural occupations (such as rural professional services, defense activities, and recreational services).

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Mutel, C.F., Donham, K.J. (1983). Occupational Health Problems of the Rural Work Force. In: Medical Practice in Rural Communities. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1804-1_4

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