ReviewJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2017
Use of job-exposure matrices to estimate occupational exposure to pesticides: A review.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of methods used to assess exposure to pesticides in occupational epidemiology studies, 1993-2017.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Parental occupational exposure to pesticides at birth and risk of adult testicular germ cell tumours in offspring: a French nationwide case-control study.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Application and demonstration of meso-activity exposure factors to advance estimates of incidental soil ingestion among agricultural workers.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Leveraging Administrative Health Databases to Address Health Challenges in Farming Populations: Scoping Review and Bibliometric Analysis (1975-2024).JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Investigating Parkinson's disease risk across farming activities using data mining and large-scale administrative health data.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Pesticides impacts on human health and the environment with their mechanisms of action and possible countermeasures.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Combining crop-exposure matrices and land use data to estimate indices of environmental and occupational exposure to pesticides.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Article
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- Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Health Effects of Pesticide Exposure in Latin American and the Caribbean Populations: A Scoping Review.Environmental health perspectives · 2022Article
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- Contribution of insect gut microbiota and their associated enzymes in insect physiology and biodegradation of pesticides.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Using Decision Rules to Assess Occupational Exposure in Population-Based Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2019Review
- Association of Occupational Pesticide Exposure With Immunochemotherapy Response and Survival Among Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.JAMA network open · 2019Article
- Exposure to Pesticides and Health Effects on Farm Owners and Workers From Conventional and Organic Agricultural Farms in Costa Rica: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Occupational exposure to pesticides: development of a job-exposure matrix for use in population-based studies (PESTIPOP).Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2018Article
- Pesticides in fine airborne particles: from a green analysis method to atmospheric characterization and risk assessment.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Occupational exposure to pesticides as a possible risk factor for the development of chronic diseases in humans (Review).Molecular medicine reports · 2016Review
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Abstract
The health effects of pesticides have been extensively studied in epidemiology, mainly in agricultural populations. However, pesticide exposure assessment remains a key methodological issue for epidemiological studies. Besides self-reported information, expert assessment or metrology, job-exposure matrices still appear to be an interesting tool. We reviewed all existing matrices assessing occupational exposure to pesticides in epidemiological studies and described the exposure parameters they included. We identified two types of matrices, (i) generic ones that are generally used in case-control studies and document broad categories of pesticides in a large range of jobs, and (ii) specific matrices, developed for use in agricultural cohorts, that generally provide exposure metrics at the active ingredient level. The various applications of these matrices in epidemiological studies have proven that they are valuable tools to assess pesticide exposure. Specific matrices are particularly promising for use in agricultural cohorts. However, results obtained with matrices have rarely been compared with those obtained with other tools. In addition, the external validity of the given estimates has not been adequately discussed. Yet, matrices would help in reducing misclassification and in quantifying cumulated exposures, to improve knowledge about the chronic health effects of pesticides.
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