Journal article
Nested case-control analysis of high pesticide exposure events from the Agricultural Health Study
American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.39(6), pp.557-563
06/2001
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.1054
PMID: 11385639
Abstract
A nested case-control analysis of high pesticide exposure events (HPEEs) was conducted using the Iowa farmers enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study (AHS).
In the 12 months of the study, 36 of the 5,970 farmer applicators randomly chosen from the AHS cohort (six per 1,000 farmer applicators per year) met our definition of an HPEE, by reporting "an incident with fertilizers, weed killers, or other pesticides that caused an unusually high personal exposure" resulting in physical symptoms or a visit to a health care provider or hospital. Eligibility criteria were met by 25 HPEE cases and 603 randomly selected controls.
Significant risk factors for an HPEE included: poor financial condition of the farm which limited the purchase of rollover protective structures OR = 4.6 (1.5-16.6), and having a high score on a risk acceptance scale OR = 3.8 (1.4-11.2). Other non-significant factors were also identified.
The limited statistical power of this study necessitates replication of these analyses with a larger sample. Nonetheless, the observed elevated odds ratios of an HPEE provide hypotheses for future studies that may lead to preventive action.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Nested case-control analysis of high pesticide exposure events from the Agricultural Health Study
- Creators
- Michael C R Alavanja - Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, 6120 Executive Blvd.(EPS), Rm. 8000, Rockville, MD, USA. alavanjm@mail.nih.govNancy L SprinceEugene OliverPaul S WhittenCharles F LynchPatricia P GilletteNyla Logsden-SacketCraig Zwerling
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.39(6), pp.557-563
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.1054
- PMID
- 11385639
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- eISSN
- 1097-0274
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2001
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983995118502771
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