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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Environmental exposure assessment of pesticides in farmworker homes.

Year: 2007

Type: peer-review

Abstract: Farmworkers and their families are exposed to pesticides both at work and in their homes.Environmental exposure assessment provides a means to evaluate pesticides in the environment and human contact with these chemicals through identification of sources and routes of exposure.To date, a variety of methods have been used to assess pesticide exposure among farmworker families, mostly focusing on dust and handwipe samples.While many of the methods are similar, differences in the collection, chemical analysis, and statistical analysis, can limit the comparability of results from farmworker studies.This mini-monograph discusses the strategies used to assess pesticide exposures, presents limitations in the available data for farmworkers, and suggests research needs for future studies of pesticide exposure among farmworker families.

Source: Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature

DOI: 10.3410/f.1058988.510949

Author: Leslie London

Institution: University of Cape Town

Language: English

Topic: Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Bayer CropScience, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

OpenAlex ID: W4213168541

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