title: Do workplace and home protective practices protect farm workers? Findings from the "For Healthy Kids" study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess associations of protective workplace and home practices with pesticide exposure levels.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using data from orchard workers in the Yakima Valley, Washington, we examined associations of workplace and home protective practices with (1) urinary metabolite concentrations of dimethylthiophosphate (DMTP) in adults and children aged 2 to 6 years and (2) azinphos-methyl levels in house and vehicle dust.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data were collected from 95 orchard workers and 94 children. Contrary to expectation, adult farm workers who wore boots or washed hands using hand sanitizer had higher concentrations of DMTP than those who did not. Children who attended daycare had higher DMTP concentrations than children who did not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Few workplace or home practices were associated with pesticide exposure levels; workers who used hand sanitizer had higher concentrations of DMTP, as did children who attended daycare.
authors: Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR 97227, USA. Gloria.D.Coronado@kpchr.org
authors: Gloria D
authors: GD
authors: Coronado
authors: Sarah E
authors: SE
authors: Holte
authors: Eric M
authors: EM
authors: Vigoren
authors: William C
authors: WC
authors: Griffith
authors: Dana B
authors: DB
authors: Barr
authors: Elaine M
authors: EM
authors: Faustman
authors: Beti
authors: B
authors: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D001387:Azinphosmethyl / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D007306:Insecticides / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000652:urine; D011481:Protective Clothing; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014861:Washington; D017132:Workplace; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010710:Phosphates; D001387:Azinphosmethyl