title: Childhood pesticide exposures on the Texas-Mexico border: clinical manifestations and poison center use.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to describe differences in childhood pesticide exposures between counties on the Texas-Mexico border and nonborder counties.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors reviewed all pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years reported to the South Texas Poison Center during 1997 through 2000.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nonborder counties had twice the reported exposure rate of border counties. Parents of border children were significantly less likely to contact the poison center after an exposure and more likely to have their children evaluated in a health care facility.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Increasing residents' awareness of the poison center and identifying potential barriers to its use among residents of Texas-Mexico border communities may prevent unnecessary visits to health care facilities.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. mbelson@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belson
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kieszak
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Kim M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Blindauer
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: Lorrie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Backer
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D010575:Pesticides / Q000145:classification / Q000506:poisoning*; D011039:Poison Control Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012423:Rural Health; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides