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dc.contributor.supervisorMartens, Patricia (Community Health Sciences)en
dc.contributor.authorMagoon, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-12T16:22:38Z
dc.date.available2006-12-12T16:22:38Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-12T16:22:38Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/297
dc.description.abstractThe thesis objectives were to a) create environmental health indicators (EHIs) of the use and risk of crop farming pesticides; b) conduct an epidemiological study of the association between the pesticide EHIs and health outcomes, in rural crop farming areas of Manitoba. Pesticide indicators included the average annualized percent of Census Consolidated Subdivision land acreage where any pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides were applied as well as an indicator of pesticide risk. In multilevel models, the use of insecticides was significantly associated with perinatal conditions (males: OR=1.08, p=0.005; females: OR=1.07, p=0.01), congenital anomalies in males (OR=1.04, p=0.04), and eye disorders (males: OR=1.03, p<0.001; females: OR=1.02, p=0.012). Eye disorders in males were also significantly associated with the use of any pesticide (OR=1.001, p<0.001) and pesticide risk (OR=1.06, p<0.001). Regular pesticide use in crop farming, especially insecticides, may be adversely affecting the health of the rural residents of Southern Manitoba.en
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dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectenvironmental health indicatorsen
dc.subjectagricultural pesticidesen
dc.subjecthealth effectsen
dc.subjectpesticide risken
dc.subjecteye disordersen
dc.subjectperinatal conditionsen
dc.subjectcongenital anomaliesen
dc.subjectcrop farmingen
dc.subjectepidemiologyen
dc.titleDeveloping and evaluating rural environmental health indicators: a focus on agricultural pesticides and health outcomes in Manitobaen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
dc.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeRoos, Leslie (Community Health Sciences) Van Acker, Rene (University of Guelph)en
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2007en
local.subject.manitobayesen_US


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