Hematologic abnormalities and pesticides. Mortality rates from blood dyscrasia in an area of high pesticide use compared with rates in California as a whole.
In recent years, concern has been expressed that a positive relationship exists between certain blood dyscrasias and long-term exposure to pesticides. A search and analysis of death records in Kern County and in California as a whole failed to reveal such a relationship.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000506:poisoning; D003634:DDT / Q000506:poisoning; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010575:Pesticides / Q000506:poisoning; D010710:Phosphates / Q000506:poisoning
D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D010575:Pesticides; D010710:Phosphates; D003634:DDT