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Assessing Diet as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Pesticide Exposure

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2011
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Title
Assessing Diet as a Modifiable Risk Factor for Pesticide Exposure
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, May 2011
DOI 10.3390/ijerph8061792
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Authors

Liza Oates, Marc Cohen

Abstract

The effects of pesticides on the general population, largely as a result of dietary exposure, are unclear. Adopting an organic diet appears to be an obvious solution for reducing dietary pesticide exposure and this is supported by biomonitoring studies in children. However, results of research into the effects of organic diets on pesticide exposure are difficult to interpret in light of the many complexities. Therefore future studies must be carefully designed. While biomonitoring can account for differences in overall exposure it cannot necessarily attribute the source. Due diligence must be given to appropriate selection of participants, target pesticides and analytical methods to ensure that the data generated will be both scientifically rigorous and clinically useful, while minimising the costs and difficulties associated with biomonitoring studies. Study design must also consider confounders such as the unpredictable nature of chemicals and inter- and intra-individual differences in exposure and other factors that might influence susceptibility to disease. Currently the most useful measures are non-specific urinary metabolites that measure a range of organophosphate and synthetic pyrethroid insecticides. These pesticides are in common use, frequently detected in population studies and may provide a broader overview of the impact of an organic diet on pesticide exposure than pesticide-specific metabolites. More population based studies are needed for comparative purposes and improvements in analytical methods are required before many other compounds can be considered for assessment.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Australia 2 2%
Spain 1 1%
Poland 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 76 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 19 23%
Student > Master 13 16%
Researcher 9 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 7%
Other 5 6%
Other 17 21%
Unknown 12 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 21%
Environmental Science 6 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 6%
Other 13 16%
Unknown 16 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 March 2012.
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#8,534,976
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
#13,022
of 31,817 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#45,862
of 123,387 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
#29
of 57 outputs
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