Using GIS and historical records to reconstruct residential exposure to large-scale pesticide application

• Published in: Journal of exposure analysis and environmental epidemiology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 64 - 80
• Main Authors: BRODY, JULIA GREEN, VORHEES, DONNA J, MELLY, STEVEN J, SWEDIS, SUSAN R, DRIVAS, PETER J, RUDEL, RUTHANN A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Nature Publishing Group 01.01.2002
• Subjects: Agriculture; Agrochemicals - analysis; Aquatic insects; Archives & records; Biological properties; Biological samples; Bogs; Breast cancer; Chemical pest control; Cultivation; Documentation; Environmental Exposure - history; Environmental Monitoring - history; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Epidemiological Monitoring; Epidemiology; Exposure; Geographic information systems; Geography; Groundwater; History, 20th Century; Housing; Humans; Information Systems - instrumentation; Ingestion; Inhalation; Insect control; Insect migration; Latency; Massachusetts - epidemiology; Meteorological data; Models, Chemical; Mosquitoes; Pest control; Pesticide application; Pesticides; Pesticides - analysis; Pesticides - history; Pests; Public policy; Remote sensing; Respiration; Right-of-way; Statistics as Topic - methods; Turf; Volatilization; Massachusetts; United States > US; Cape Cod Massachusetts

Investigation of pesticide impacts on human health depends on good measures of exposure. Historical exposure data are needed to study health outcomes, such as cancer, that involve long latency periods, and other outcomes that are a function of the timing of exposure. Environmental or biological samp...