Brewster M A, Rupe W, Rafferty M H
Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System, Arkansas Childrens Hospital, Little Rock 72202.
Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 1992 Oct;23(3):289-94. doi: 10.1007/BF00216235.
Epidemiologic studies of possible effects of agricultural environments upon human health suffer from lack of reliable pesticides usage data. The Arkansas Reproductive Health Monitoring System has developed a method for estimating specific pesticides usage annually for sub-county regions, including amounts, application method, and months. This method is applied to 39 regions of 8 central Arkansas counties for 1980-82. The hugh variability of pesticides usage on individual crops demonstrates the inaccuracy likely if general survey estimates are employed. Annual usage of pesticides in a single sub-county region of 53,000 hectares (130,880 land acres) was greater than 1/2 million pounds (248,670 kg) of 60 pesticides, 40 of which were applied during a four month period. The multiplicity and variability of pesticides usage indicate the need for locally developed pesticides data for epidemiologic studies and for combined studies across regions with widely differing agricultural practices.
关于农业环境对人类健康可能产生的影响的流行病学研究，因缺乏可靠的农药使用数据而受阻。阿肯色州生殖健康监测系统已开发出一种方法，用于估算每年各县以下地区特定农药的使用情况，包括使用量、施用方法和月份。该方法应用于1980 - 1982年阿肯色州中部8个县的39个地区。单个作物上农药使用的巨大差异表明，如果采用一般调查估计可能存在不准确之处。在一个面积为53000公顷（130880英亩）的单个县以下地区，每年60种农药的使用量超过50万磅（248670千克），其中40种在四个月的时间内施用。农药使用的多样性和变异性表明，流行病学研究以及跨农业实践差异很大的地区的联合研究需要本地生成的农药数据。
