Citation

Tu ZB, Cui MJ, Yao HY, Hu GQ, Xiang H, Stallones L, Zhang XJ. Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 2012; 33(4): 382-385.

Affiliation

Southeast University Injury Prevention Research Institute/School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Zhonghua yi xue hui)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22781410

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To explore the risk factors on cases regarding work-related acute pesticide poisoning among farmers of Jiangsu province. METHODS: A population-based, 1:2 matched case-control study was carried out, with 121 patients as case-group paired by 242 persons with same gender, district and age less then difference of 3 years, as controls. Cases were the ones who had suffered from work-related acute pesticide poisoning. A unified questionnaire was used. Data base was established by EpiData 3.1, and SPSS 16.0 was used for both data single factor and multi-conditional logistics regression analysis. RESULTS: from the single factor logistic regression analysis showed that the related risk factors were: lack of safety guidance, lack of readable labels befores praying pesticides, no regression during application, using hand to wipe sweat, using leaking knapsack, body contaminated during application and continuing to work when feeling ill after the contact of pesticides.from multi-conditional logistic regression analysis indicated that the lack of safety guidance (OR = 2.25, 95%CI: 1.35 - 3.74), no readable labels befores praying pesticides (OR = 1.95, 95%CI: 1.19 - 3.18), wiping the sweat by hand during application (OR = 1.97, 95%CI: 1.20 - 3.24) and using leaking knapsack during application (OR = 1.82, 95%CI:1.10 - 3.01) were risk factors for the occurrence of work-related acute pesticide poisoning. CONCLUSION: The lack of safety guidance, no readable labels befores praying pesticides, wiping the sweat by hand or using leaking knapsack during application were correlated to the occurrence of work-related acute pesticide poisoning.

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