@article{ref1,
title="Depression and Pesticide Exposures in Female Spouses of Licensed Pesticide Applicators in the Agricultural Health Study Cohort",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2006",
author="Beseler, Cheryl and Stallones, Lorann and Hoppin, Jane A. and Alavanja, Michael C. R. and Blair, Aaron and Keefe, Thomas and Kamel, Freya",
volume="48",
number="10",
pages="1005-1013",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:: This nested case-control study evaluated the association between depression and pesticide exposure among women. METHODS:: The study population included 29,074 female spouses of private pesticide applicators enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study between 1993 and 1997. Cases were women who had physician-diagnosed depression requiring medication. Lifetime pesticide use was categorized as never mixed/applied pesticides, low exposure (up to 225 days), high exposure (>225 days), and a history of diagnosed pesticide poisoning. RESULTS:: After adjustment for state, age, race, off-farm work, alcohol, cigarette smoking, physician visits, and solvent exposure, depression was significantly associated with a history of pesticide poisoning (odds ratio [OR] = 3.26; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.72-6.19) but not low (OR = 1.09; CI = 0.91-1.31) or high (OR = 1.09; 95% CI = 0.91-1.31) cumulative pesticide exposure. CONCLUSION:: Pesticide poisoning may contribute to risk of depression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/01.jom.0000235938.70212.dd",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.jom.0000235938.70212.dd"
}