Health problems of women in mixed-farm households.

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  • SUGAYA Takeshi
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • HAYASHI Masato
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • OKUBO Shunji
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • SAITO Kimio
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • MATSUOKA Tomio
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • OKABE Shunichi
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • WATABE Kazuhiro
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • SASAKI Shiro
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • KOTANAGI Akira
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • SATO Takashi
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital
  • ISHINARI Seiko
    Research Institute for Rural Medicine, Hiraka General Hospital

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  • 複合経営農家における農村婦人の健康調査
  • フクゴウ ケイエイ ノウカ ニ オケル ノウソン フジン ノ ケンコウ チョウ

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Investigations were made into the actual working and living conditions of adults, both men and women, in the families engaged in mixed farming.<BR>The working conditions were analyzed according to the types of crops farmers are growing. The work study was necessary to probe into the causes of farmers' health disturbances.<BR>A questionnaire revealed that farmers are short of sleep during the busiest season. Especially housewives are forced to cut down on their sleeping hours.<BR>It also found that some farmers spray pesticides in quantity and expose themselves to the potentially health injurious chemicals with alarming frequency.<BR>There was evidence to show that some ailments, notably low back pain, had been reduced due to imporovements on farmwork and working environment.<BR>Health checkups showed that the incidences of hypercholesterolemia and obesity remain high. There was imbalance between carolic intake and consumption.

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