Characterization of Residential Pesticide Use and Chemical Formulations through Self-Report and Household Inventory: The Northern California Childhood Leukemia Study
Author(s) -
Neela Guha,
Mary H. Ward,
Robert B. Gunier,
Joanne S. Colt,
C. Suzanne Lea,
Patricia A. Buffler,
Catherine Metayer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1204926
Subject(s) - pesticide , environmental health , piperonyl butoxide , toxicology , exposure assessment , medicine , biology , ecology
Home and garden pesticide use has been linked to cancer and other health outcomes in numerous epidemiological studies. Exposure has generally been self-reported, so the assessment is potentially limited by recall bias and lack of information on specific chemicals.
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