Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh
Pesticide exposure is an important rural public health concern that is linked to a spectrum of health outcomes in farmers. However, little is known about these effects on residents living in close proximity to agricultural fields and who are not involved in regular farming. This paper compared the e...
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doaj-c7087bb5e54c45259e939a75cb7d2da32020-11-24T20:42:43ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012019-09-011618322810.3390/ijerph16183228ijerph16183228Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, BangladeshKhalid M. Khan0Janesh Karnati1Ipsita Hamid2David Koceja3Mohammad Zahirul Islam4Md Alfazal Khan5Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, USADepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, USACardiovascular Research Center, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USADepartment of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, Bloomington, IN 47405, USAInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1213, BangladeshMatlab Health Research Centre, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (icddr,b), Dhaka 1000, BangladeshPesticide exposure is an important rural public health concern that is linked to a spectrum of health outcomes in farmers. However, little is known about these effects on residents living in close proximity to agricultural fields and who are not involved in regular farming. This paper compared the effects of residential proximity to farming lands on a number of neurological and mental health outcomes in adults. A cross-sectional study was performed on 57 adults involved in farming only occasionally in rural Matlab in Bangladesh. A health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) and geocoding were used to define proximity to the agricultural field. Neurological health was measured using the trail making test, vibrotactile threshold measurement, and dominant ulnar nerve conduction velocity (NCV) amplitude. An adapted Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D) questionnaire was used to evaluate mental health. Results indicated that respondents living near agricultural fields had significantly higher vibrotactile threshold in big toes (<i>p</i> < 0.004) and needed a longer time to complete the trail making test (<i>p</i> < 0.004) than those living far from fields after accounting for the covariates. Results of this pilot study suggest further investigations to establish the impact of pesticide exposure among occasional and non-farmers on neurological health outcomes.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/18/3228neurological outcomepesticide exposureresidential proximityrural Bangladesh |
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Khalid M. Khan Janesh Karnati Ipsita Hamid David Koceja Mohammad Zahirul Islam Md Alfazal Khan Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health neurological outcome pesticide exposure residential proximity rural Bangladesh |
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Khalid M. Khan Janesh Karnati Ipsita Hamid David Koceja Mohammad Zahirul Islam Md Alfazal Khan |
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Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh |
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Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh |
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Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh |
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Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh |
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Residential Proximity to Agricultural Fields and Neurological and Mental Health Outcomes in Rural Adults in Matlab, Bangladesh |
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residential proximity to agricultural fields and neurological and mental health outcomes in rural adults in matlab, bangladesh |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Pesticide exposure is an important rural public health concern that is linked to a spectrum of health outcomes in farmers. However, little is known about these effects on residents living in close proximity to agricultural fields and who are not involved in regular farming. This paper compared the effects of residential proximity to farming lands on a number of neurological and mental health outcomes in adults. A cross-sectional study was performed on 57 adults involved in farming only occasionally in rural Matlab in Bangladesh. A health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS) and geocoding were used to define proximity to the agricultural field. Neurological health was measured using the trail making test, vibrotactile threshold measurement, and dominant ulnar nerve conduction velocity (NCV) amplitude. An adapted Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D) questionnaire was used to evaluate mental health. Results indicated that respondents living near agricultural fields had significantly higher vibrotactile threshold in big toes (<i>p</i> < 0.004) and needed a longer time to complete the trail making test (<i>p</i> < 0.004) than those living far from fields after accounting for the covariates. Results of this pilot study suggest further investigations to establish the impact of pesticide exposure among occasional and non-farmers on neurological health outcomes. |
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neurological outcome pesticide exposure residential proximity rural Bangladesh |
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