Engy Mohamed El-Ghitany, Eman A Omran, Noha Ahmed El Dabbah, Samar M Aborhyem, Nashwa Fawzy Abd El-Moez Azzam
Role of the "High Institute of Public Health" during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case from Egypt
Annals of global health
support planning efforts national childrens study conducted study test field methods characterizing pesticide exposures 20 farmworker children aged 527 months old living salinas valley monterey county california tested methods collecting house dust indoor outdoor air dislodgeable residues surfaces toys residues clothing sock union suits food well spot overnight diaper urine samples measured 29 common agricultural home use pesticides multiple exposure media samples subset organophosphorus op organochlorine oc pyrethroid pesticides measured food also analyzed urine samples op pesticide metabolites finally administered four fieldbased exposure assessment instruments questionnaire food diary home inspection selfadministered child activity timeline pesticides detected frequently house dust surface wipes clothing media chlorpyrifos diazinon chlorthaldimethyl cis transpermethrin detected 90 100 samples levels four five pesticides positively correlated among house dust sock union suit samples spearmans 018076 pesticide loading socks union suits higher group 10 toddlers compared 10 younger crawling children several op pesticides well 44dde atrazine dieldrin detected food samples child activity timeline novel lowliteracy instrument based pictures successfully used participants future uses data include development pesticide exposure models risk assessment