ArticleJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2008
Hearing loss among licensed pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Occupational noise exposure and hearing: a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2016Pooled it
- The combined effects of occupational exposure to noise and other risk factors - a systematic review.Noise & healthPooled it
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- Noise-induced hearing loss in farmworkers: a scoping review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Which Environmental Pollutants Are Toxic to Our Ears?-Evidence of the Ototoxicity of Common Substances.Toxics · 2024Review
- High pesticide exposures events, pesticide poisoning, and shingles: A medicare-linked study of pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study.Environment international · 2023Article
- Urinary pyrethroid metabolite and hearing threshold shifts of adults in the United States: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Exploring the effects and mechanisms of organophosphorus pesticide exposure and hearing loss.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Difference in Accidents, Health Symptoms, and Ergonomic Problems between Conventional Farmers Using Pesticides and Organic Farmers.Journal of agromedicine · 2020Article
- Hearing Loss in Agricultural Workers Exposed to Pesticides and Noise.Annals of work exposures and health · 2019Article
- Performance of machine-learning algorithms to pattern recognition and classification of hearing impairment in Brazilian farmers exposed to pesticide and/or cigarette smoke.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Perception of the Quality of Life of Tobacco Growers Exposed to Pesticides: Emphasis on Health, Hearing, and Working Conditions.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2019Article
- Hearing loss, lead (Pb) exposure, and noise: a sound approach to ototoxicity exploration.Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part B, Critical reviews · 2018Review
- A review of pesticide exposure and cancer incidence in the Agricultural Health Study cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2010Review
- Prenatal exposure to multiple pesticides is associated with auditory brainstem response at 9months in a cohort study of Chinese infants.Environment internationalArticle
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- Audiological evaluation in workers exposed to noise and pesticide.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveWe evaluated self-reported hearing loss and pesticide exposure in licensed private pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study in 1993 to 1997 in Iowa and North Carolina.
methodsAmong 14,229 white male applicators in 1999 to 2003, 4926 reported hearing loss (35%). Logistic regression was performed with adjustment for state, age, and noise, solvents, and metals. We classified pesticides by lifetime days of use.
resultsCompared with no exposure, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for the highest quartile of exposure was 1.19 (1.04 to 1.35) for insecticides and 1.17 (1.03 to 1.31) for organophosphate insecticides. Odds of hearing loss were elevated for high pesticide exposure events (1.38, 1.25 to 1.54), pesticide-related doctor visits (1.38, 1.17 to 1.62) or hospitalization (1.81, 1.25 to 2.62), and diagnosed pesticide poisoning (1.75, 1.36 to 2.26).
conclusionsAlthough control for exposure to noise or other neurotoxicants was limited, this study extends previous reports suggesting that organophosphate exposure increases risk of hearing loss.
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