Open AccessOccupational pesticide use and self-reported olfactory impairment in US farmers
Author(s) -
Srishti Shrestha,
David M. Umbach,
Laura E. Beane Freeman,
Stella Koutros,
Michael C.R. Alavanja,
Aaron Blair,
Honglei Chen,
Dale P. Sandler
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2020-106818
Subject(s) - pesticide , odds ratio , medicine , toxicology , environmental health , biology , ecology
Pesticide exposure may impair human olfaction, but empirical evidence is limited. We examined associations between occupational use of 50 specific pesticides and olfactory impairment, both self-reported, among 20 409 participants in the Agricultural Health Study, a prospective cohort of pesticide applicators (mostly farmers, 97% male).