AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Feb 28, 2006
Efficacy of the North American Guidelines for Childrens Agricultural Tasks in Reducing Childhood Agricultural Injuries
Anne Gadomski, MD, MPH,
Susan Ackerman, BS, RN,
Patrick Burdick, MS and
Paul Jenkins, PhD
Anne Gadomski, Patrick Burdick, and Paul Jenkins are with the Research Institute, Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, NY. Susan Ackerman is with the New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health, Fly Creek.

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FIGURE 1— Time to occurrence of NAGCAT-preventable injuries among 0-to-19-year-olds: central New York State farms, 2001.
Note. NAGCAT = North American Guidelines for Childrens Agricultural Tasks.
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FIGURE 2— Times to occurrences of age violations, (a) for ATV use and (b) for hitching or unhitching implements to tractors: central New York State farms, 2001.
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