Pesticides

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3.8
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Pesticide Exposure Reporting Form

A useful generic form to document pesticide exposures in farmworkers. For use in states and counties that do not have specific reporting forms.

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National Pesticide Practice Skills Guidelines for Medical & Nursing Practice

Outlines the knowledge and skills that health professionals need to have about pesticides. This document is part of a national initiative aimed at ensuring that pesticides issues become integral elements of education and practice of primary care providers. English and Spanish

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5
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National Pesticide Medical Monitoring Program

Provides informational assistance for clinicians in the assessment of human exposure to pesticides.

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4.5
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Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings

This edition covers about 1,500 pesticide products in an easy-to-use format. Toxicology, signs and symptoms of poisoning, and treatment are covered in 19 chapters on major types of pesticides. It is edited by Dr. Routt Reigart and Dr. James Roberts, and is published by EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs. Both English and Spanish versions are available.

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5
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Rapid Clinical Assessment Tool for Adolescent Farmworker Injury and Exposure

Use the link below to access MCN's Rapid Assessment Tool to help adolescent farmworkers identify agricultural tasks they perform in agriculture and facilitate clinician understanding about the health risks associated with it.  Youth worker images are adapted and reproduced with permission from the National Children Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Images copyrighted through Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin.

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5
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Pesticide Clinical Guidelines

MCN Clinical guidelines to address pesticide exposure. Developed by Dr. Dennis H. Penzell based on his experience as medical director of a Migrant and Community Health Center that responded to one of the country's largest pesticide poisoning incidents.
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4.2
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Occupational Exposure History Tools

The following documents are a collection of the best resources available for taking a good occupational health history.
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5
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Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database

The Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database, launched by Beyond Pesticides, facilitates access to epidemiologic and laboratory studies based on real world exposure scenarios that link public health effects to pesticides.

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5
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A Migrant Farmworker Occupational Health Reference Manual

This comprehensive manual was developed by the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health and the Migrant Clinicians Network for the diagnosis and treatment of occupational injuries in migrant and seasonal farmworkers. The information in the manual does focus on agricultural occupations in the Northeast.
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5
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EXTOXNET

Objective, science-based information about pesticides - written for the non-expert.
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