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ReviewToxics2023

Determinants of Pesticide Exposure in Occupational Studies: A Meta-Analysis.

Christelle Oltramare, Zakia Mediouni, Yara Shoman, Nancy B Hopf, Halshka Graczyk, Aurélie Berthet

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Review in Toxics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christelle OltramareCenter for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (DSTE), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5761-6557
Zakia MediouniCenter for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (DSTE), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yara ShomanCenter for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (DSTE), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5331-4535
Nancy B HopfCenter for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (DSTE), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4490-6109
Halshka GraczykInternational Labour Organization (ILO), 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
Aurélie BerthetCenter for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Occupational and Environmental Health (DSTE), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8625-5156

Funding

State Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO), Switzerland No
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few epidemiological studies use exposure determinants specifically tailored to assess pesticide or plant protection product (PPP) exposures when assessing presumed association between occupational exposure and health outcomes among agricultural workers. This lack of exposure specificity could lead to results that fail to detect an association. It could be related to the lack of consensus on exposure assessment methods and the choice of exposure determinants. We conducted a meta-analysis following the PRISMA checklist to identify PPP exposure determinants used in occupational studies and identified exposure determinants that best characterized agricultural exposures to PPPs. Out of 1436 studies identified, 71 were included. The exposure determinants identified were active ingredients, chemical classes, types of PPP, crops, tasks, frequencies, duration, lifetime exposure days, and intensity-weighted exposure days. Only six over 17 associations between exposure determinants and health outcomes were found with moderate quality of evidence. Overall, epidemiological studies had difficulty defining relevant determinants to characterize PPP exposures for agricultural workers. We recommend that a standardized list of determinants for PPP exposures in occupational exposure studies should include information on formulations, intensity, duration, and frequency of PPP exposure. Harmonized data collection on exposure and health outcomes are required as well as standard units for each exposure determinant.

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determinant of exposureoccupational exposurepesticides

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PMID37505588
PMCPMC10386710

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