Dermal exposure assessment to pesticides in farming systems in developing countries: comparison of models
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- DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120504670
Dermal exposure assessment to pesticides in farming systems in developing countries: comparison of models
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- Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Aug;12(8):9264. Fabian, Camilo Lesmes [corrected to Lesmes-Fabian, Camilo]; Binder, Claudia R [removed]
Abstract
In the field of occupational hygiene, researchers have been working on developing appropriate methods to estimate human exposure to pesticides in order to assess the risk and therefore to take the due decisions to improve the pesticide management process and reduce the health risks. This paper evaluates dermal exposure models to find the most appropriate. Eight models (i.e., COSHH, DERM, DREAM, EASE, PHED, RISKOFDERM, STOFFENMANAGER and PFAM) were evaluated according to a multi-criteria analysis and from these results five models (i.e., DERM, DREAM, PHED, RISKOFDERM and PFAM) were selected for the assessment of dermal exposure in the case study of the potato farming system in the Andean highlands of Vereda La Hoya, Colombia. The results show that the models provide different dermal exposure estimations which are not comparable. However, because of the simplicity of the algorithm and the specificity of the determinants, the DERM, DREAM and PFAM models were found to be the most appropriate although their estimations might be more accurate if specific determinants are included for the case studies in developing countries.
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