Influence of geographic location in modeling blood pesticide levels in a community surrounding a U.S. environmental protection agency superfund site.(Research) From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: December 1, 2005| Author: Breysse, Patrick N.; Curriero, Frank C.; Gaffney, Shannon H.; Glass, Gregory E.; Helzlsouer, Kathy J.; Strickland, Paul T. | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In this study we evaluated residential location as a potential determinant for exposure to organochiorine compounds. We investigated the geographic distribution characteristics of organochlorine levels in approximately 1,374 blood samples collected in 1974 from residents of a community with a potential organochlorine source. Street addresses of Washington County, Maryland, residents were obtained and geocoded in a geographic information system. We used multivariate linear regression...

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