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Olfactory Function in Latino Farmworkers Over 2 Years
- Source :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine. 59:1148-1152
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.
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Abstract
- Objective We compared patterns of olfactory function over 2 years in pesticide-exposed male Latino farmworkers and male Latino workers in industries without pesticide exposure. Methods At five points over 2 years, workers completed tests of odor threshold (16 concentrations of n-butanol) using a well-established methodology. Tests at two or more time points were completed by 156 farmworkers and 118 non-farmworkers. Results Farmworkers required significantly higher odorant concentrations at Contact 1 and across the 2-year follow-up to detect the odor. When adjusted for Contact 1, between-group differences persisted, but odor threshold performance did not worsen over time. Conclusions Pesticide exposure has been linked to neurodegenerative disease, as has declining olfactory function. Persistently poorer olfactory function among pesticide-exposed workers suggests the need to monitor neurological function in this vulnerable worker population.
- Subjects :
- Olfactory system
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Population
Neurological function
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Disease
Pesticide
030210 environmental & occupational health
Neurological effects
Toxicology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Odor
Environmental health
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
business
education
Subclinical infection
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10762752
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f84ce5372f90ce784bdc136ff9b0170d