The Occupational and Environmental History

Abstract

Although this manual deals primarily with pesticide-related diseases and injury, the approach to identifying exposures is similar regardless of the specific hazard involved. It is important to ascertain whether other non-pesticide exposures are involved because of the potential interactions between these hazards and the pesticide of interest (e.g., pesticide intoxication and heat stress in agricultural field workers). Thus, the following section on pesticide exposures should be seen in the context of an overall exposure assessment.