Residential pesticide use is associated with children's respiratory symptoms. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: To characterize the association between residential pesticide application and acute and chronic respiratory symptoms in children, focusing on the location of the pesticide application in and around the home and the type of pesticide applicator (professional vs nonprofessional). METHODS: We used 1999 to 2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey results to investigate this association in children younger than 18 years (N = 14,065). RESULTS: Overall, pesticide use in the home was not associated with wheezing (odds ratio [OR], 1.15; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.91 to 1.47). Nevertheless, pesticide use in the kitchen or dining rooms was significantly associated with increased odds of wheezing (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.08 to 1.78) and dry cough (OR, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.40 to 4.06) after controlling for covariates. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that residential use of pesticides and the location of pesticide application are associated with increased respiratory complaints in children.

authors

• Xu, Xiaohui

published proceedings

• J Occup Environ Med

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Xu, X., Nembhard, W. N., Kan, H., Becker, A., & Talbott, E. O.

citation count

• 24

publication date

• October 2012

publisher

• Wolters Kluwer  Publisher

keywords

• Adolescent
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Cough
• Environmental Exposure
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Nutrition Surveys
• Pesticides
• Prevalence
• Residence Characteristics
• Respiratory Sounds

PubMed Central ID

• 22995816

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31825cb6ae

start page

• 1281

end page

• 1287

volume

• 54

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/jom.0b013e31825cb6ae