Work Characteristics and Pesticide Exposures among Migrant Agricultural Families: A Community-Based Research Approach

Pesticides are among the environmental con-taminants that represent potential sources of health risks (1). Although all populations have a degree of risk in relation to pesticide exposures from nonagricultural use and through residues on food, there are certain subgroups of the population with a higher risk of exposure and potential health effects. The special health concerns and research needs of the migrant farmworker population have been addressed by national groups (2–4). Migrant farmworkers are among the most disadvantaged, medically indigent per-sons and have the poorest health of any group in the United States (5,6). The lack o