TEMPEST - A Task Exposure Matrix for Pesticides

Construction of TEMPEST - Stage 1

Identify broad categories of pesticide to use over the seven decades - based on the earlier GEOPARKINSON study data

The Scottish pesticide exposure questionnaires from the earlier GEOPARKINSON study were reviewed to provide an initial task list for TEMPEST over the seven decades in question, ie1940s to 2000s. This yielded tasks in three broad categories of pesticide exposure: hobby (reported by 237 of the study participants); occupational agricultural (n=62); and occupational amenity (n=18).

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