Predicting children's short-term exposure to pesticides: results of a questionnaire screening approach.
The ability of questionnaires to predict children's exposure to pesticides was examined as part of the Minnesota Children's Pesticide Exposure Study (MNCPES). The MNCPES focused on a probability sample of 102 children between the ages of 3 and 13 years living in either urban (Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN) or nonurban (Rice and Goodhue Counties in Minnesota) households. Samples were collected in a variety of relevant media (air, food, beverages, tap water, house dust, soil, urine), and chemical analyses emphasized three organophosphate insecticides (chlorpyrifos, diazinon, malathion) and a herbicide (atrazine). Results indicate that the residential pesticide-use questions and overall screening approach used in the MNCPES were ineffective for identifying and oversampling children/households with higher levels of individual target pesticides.
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Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. ksexton@umn.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008403:Mass Screening; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010575:Pesticides