Acute Pesticide-Related Illnesses Among Working Youths, 1988–1999

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ID11034796
AuthorsGeoffrey M Calvert (0000-0003-3968-8458, Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Louise N Mehler (Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Rachel Rosales (Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Lynden Baum (Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Catherine Thomsen (0000-0002-8309-0915, Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Dorilee Male (Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Omar Shafey (Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Rupali Das (0000-0003-2954-9665, Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Michelle Lackovic (0000-0002-6067-9364, Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...), Ernest Arvizu (Geoffrey M. Calvert is with the Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cincinnati, Ohio. Louise N. Mehler is with the Department of Pesticide Regulation, California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento. Rachel Rosales is with the Department of Environmental Epidemiology and Toxicology, Texas Department of Health, Austin. Lynden Baum is with the Office of Environmental Health...)
Year2003
Volume93
Issue4
Pages605-610
Publication date2003-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.93.4.605
PMID12660205
OpenAlexW2130911810
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

Objectives. The goal of this study was to describe acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses among youths and to provide prevention recommendations. Methods. Survey data from 8 states and from poison control center data were analyzed. Illness incidence rates and incidence rate ratios were calculated. Results. A total of 531 youths were identified with acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses. Insecticides were responsible for most of these illnesses (68%), most of which were of minor severity (79%). The average annual incidence rate among youths aged 15 to 17 years was 20.4 per billion hours worked, and the incidence rate ratio among youths vs adults was 1.71 (95% confidence interval = 1.53, 1.91). Conclusions. The present findings suggest the need for greater efforts to prevent acute occupational pesticide-related illnesses among adolescents

Confidence interval · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry) · Occupational safety and health · Pesticide · Population · Rate ratio · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity · Poisoning and overdose treatments · Toxicology · Pediatrics

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