Belson Martin, Kieszak Stephanie, Watson William, Blindauer Kim M, Phan Kathy, Backer Lorrie, Rubin Carol
National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2003 Aug;93(8):1310-5. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.8.1310.
The purpose of this study was to describe differences in childhood pesticide exposures between counties on the Texas-Mexico border and nonborder counties.
The authors reviewed all pesticide exposures among children younger than 6 years reported to the South Texas Poison Center during 1997 through 2000.
Nonborder counties had twice the reported exposure rate of border counties. Parents of border children were significantly less likely to contact the poison center after an exposure and more likely to have their children evaluated in a health care facility.
Increasing residents' awareness of the poison center and identifying potential barriers to its use among residents of Texas-Mexico border communities may prevent unnecessary visits to health care facilities.
本研究的目的是描述得克萨斯州与墨西哥边境各县和非边境各县儿童农药暴露情况的差异。
作者回顾了1997年至2000年期间向南得克萨斯中毒控制中心报告的所有6岁以下儿童的农药暴露情况。
非边境县报告的暴露率是边境县的两倍。边境儿童的父母在孩子暴露后联系中毒控制中心的可能性显著降低，而让孩子在医疗机构接受评估的可能性更大。
提高居民对中毒控制中心的认识，并找出得克萨斯州与墨西哥边境社区居民使用该中心的潜在障碍，可能会避免不必要的医疗机构就诊。
