Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xEp9CD. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective. Pesticides are widely used on agricultural crops and in homes, workplaces, and public spaces. Exposure to pesticides can cause acute and chronic health effects. We analyzed data from the Louisiana Hospital Inpatient Discharge Database from 1998 through 2007 to characterize hospitalizations involving pesticides. Methods. Data for the study period consisted of 384 pesticide-related hospitalizations. We used demographic information and diagnosis codes for analysis. Results. Males consistently had higher hospitalization rates than females (p=0.0073). Children aged 0-4 years had the highest pesticide-related hospitalization rate of all age groups (2.69 hospitalizations per 100,000) ; children aged 5-9 years had the lowest rate (0.36 hospitalizations per 100,000). Compared with adults, children had a higher rate of disinfectant exposure (15% vs. 5% ; odds ratio [OR]=3.41,95% confidence interval [CI] 1.61,7.21 ; p=0.0008) and rodenticide exposure (14% vs. 2% ; OR=8.55,95% CI 3.07,23.78 ; p
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