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	Children and Injury Control:  Farm Safety & Health Information Clearinghouse Farm Safety Day Camps - http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/DA5791.html Keeping Farm Children Safe - http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/youthdevelopment/DA6188.html Is Your Child Protected From Injury on the Farm? - http://www.mes.umn.edu/Documents/D/A/DA6068.html Review Family Farm Safety Rules - http://www.ae.iastate.edu/safety/pm1265g.txt Match Age, Abilities to Farm Chores - http://www.ae.iastate.edu/safety/pm1518i.txt
	National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety - http://research.marshfieldclinic.org/children
	North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks - http://www.nagcat.org
	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child
	Lessons in Farm Safety - http://safety.coafes.umn.edu/lessons/index.html
	Documents by Topic:  Child Safety - http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/menu/topic/child_safety.html
	Child Safety Around Animals - http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701-d000800/d000796/d000796.html
	OSHA Fact Sheet: Farm Safety- http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/training/oshafarm.htm

Suggested Reading Material

	Childhood farm injury: the role of the physician in prevention.
	Health hazards to children in agriculture.
	Farm accidents in children.
	Childhood farm accidents: a continuing cause for concern.
	Fatal and nonfatal farm injuries to children and adolescents in the United States.
	Farm accidents in children.
	Fatal Farm injuries among young children.
	Identifying hazards and risk opportunity in child farm injury.
	Children and Agriculture: Opportunities for Safety and Health - A National Action Plan; April 1996. Additional copies obtained by sending your request to: National Farm Medicine Center; 1000 North Oak Avenue; Marshfield, WI 54449-5790; Phone 715-387-9298; Fax 715-389-4950.