Journal article
Studying health outcomes in farmworker populations exposed to pesticides
Environmental health perspectives, Vol.114(6), pp.953-960
06/2006
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8526
PMCID: PMC1480483
PMID: 16760000
Abstract
A major goal of studying farmworkers is to better understand how their work environment, including exposure to pesticides, affects their health. Although a number of health conditions have been associated with pesticide exposure, clear linkages have yet to be made between exposure and health effects except in cases of acute pesticide exposure. In this article, we review the most common health end points that have been studied and describe the epidemiologic challenges encountered in studying these health effects of pesticides among farmworkers, including the difficulties in accessing the population and challenges associated with obtaining health end point data. The assessment of neurobehavioral health effects serves as one of the most common and best examples of an approach used to study health outcomes in farmworkers and other populations exposed to pesticides. We review the current limitations in neurobehavioral assessment and strategies to improve these analytical methods. Emerging techniques to improve our assessment of health effects associated with pesticide exposure are reviewed. These techniques, which in most cases have not been applied to farmworker populations, hold promise in our ability to study and understand the relationship between pesticide exposure and a variety of health effects in this population. Key words: biomarkers, cancer, epidemiology, health outcomes, immigrants, neurobehavioral, neuropathy, pesticides.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Studying health outcomes in farmworker populations exposed to pesticides
- Creators
- Linda A McCauley - University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6096, USA. lmccaule@nursing.upenn.eduW Kent AngerMatthew KeiferRick LangleyMark G RobsonDiane Rohlman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental health perspectives, Vol.114(6), pp.953-960
- DOI
- 10.1289/ehp.8526
- PMID
- 16760000
- PMCID
- PMC1480483
- NLM abbreviation
- Environ Health Perspect
- ISSN
- 0091-6765
- eISSN
- 1552-9924
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- R13 ES013378 / NIEHS NIH HHS R13 OH013378 / NIOSH CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2006
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; International Programs; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9983997482102771
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