AGRICULTURAL EXPOSURE HISTORY AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICAN FARMERS IN GEORGIA
| Autor: | Jane A. Hoppin, J D Guzman, Elaine W. Flagg, Paige E. Tolbert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Georgia Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Rural history Toxicology Occupational medicine Environmental protection Occupational Exposure Surveys and Questionnaires Epidemiology medicine Humans Pesticides Exposure history Socioeconomics Aged media_common Aged 80 and over African american business.industry Data Collection Public health Middle Aged Agricultural Workers' Diseases Black or African American Geography Agriculture business Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 63:237-241 |
| ISSN: | 1087-2620 1528-7394 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15287390151143631 |
| Popis: | Agricultural exposures differ across the United States by region, calendar time period, and agricultural practice, but most of the published literature focuses on white men in the Midwest. A pilot study was conducted to explore the breadth and diversity of farming practices over time among African-American farmers in Georgia whose exposures may differ in important ways. Using a comprehensive life events calendar questionnaire, 17 male African-American farmers aged 36 to 86 yr residing in southeastern Georgia were interviewed regarding their agricultural history in July 1997. Most men (15/17) reported working on multiple farms in their lifetime; 3 men worked on 5 different farms during their lifetime. These farmers reported using more chemicals during their lifetime than farmers in the Midwest. Used motor oil was the most frequently reported insecticide applied to animals; this apparently common practice has not been described in the literature and should be better understood since its use may result in dermal exposure to polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Better characterization of regionally specific farming history and individual farming practices will facilitate studies of the health effects of farming. |
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