Citation

Nordi RB, Araki S, Sato H, Yokoyama K, Wan Muda WA, Win Kyi D. Ind. Health 2002; 40(2): 182-190.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, National Institute of Industrial Health, Japan)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12064560

Abstract

The effects of safety behaviours associated with pesticide use on the occurrence of acute organ symptoms in 395 male and 101 female tobacco-growing farmers in Malaysia were studied. We used a 15-questionnaire checklist on safe pesticide-use behaviours and a 25-questionnaire checklist on acute organ symptoms reported shortly after spraying pesticides. Results of stepwise multiple linear regression analysis indicated that no smoking while spraying, good sprayer-condition, and changing clothes immediately after spraying significantly prevented occurrence of acute symptoms just after pesticide spray in male farmers; in female farmers, only wearing a hat while spraying significantly prevented the symptoms. Safety behaviours in pesticide use in male and female tobacco-growing farmers are discussed in the light of these findings.