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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2010 Aug;53(8):802–813. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20856

Table III.

Number of Participants by Number of Detections for Pesticide Urinary Metabolites, Eastern North Carolina, 2007 (n = 196).

At least one
detection
(N =196)
Number of detections (n =196)
Zero One Two Three Four

n % n % n % n % n % n %
Organophosphorus
insecticides
    APE (acephate) 165 84.2 31 15.8 38 19.4 76 38.8 36 18.4 15 7.7
    TCPy (chlorpyrifos) 174 88.8 22 11.2 47 24.0 65 33.2 42 21.4 20 10.2
    Dmet (dimethoate) 37 18.9 159 81.1 32 16.3 5 2.6 0 0
    MDA (malathion) 144 73.5 52 26.5 90 45.9 46 23.5 8 4.1 0
    MMP
    (methamidaphos;
    acephate)
67 34.2 129 65.8 60 30.6 5 2.6 2 1.0 0
Carbamate fungicide
    ETU (mancozeb) 116 59.2 80 40.8 69 35.2 33 16.8 13 6.6 1 0.5
Pyrethroid
insecticides
    3PBA (pyrethroid) 191 97.4 5 2.6 36 18.4 76 38.8 58 29.6 21 10.7
    TCC (permethrin) 16 8.2 180 91.8 15 7.7 1 0.5 0 0
    CCC (permethrin) 2 1.0 194 99.0 2 1.0 0 0 0
Herbicides
    2,4-D 192 98.0 4 2.0 22 11.2 40 20.4 71 36.2 59 30.1
    ACE (acetochlor) 184 93.9 12 6.1 120 61.2 59 30.1 5 2.6 0
    MET (metolachor) 88 44.9 108 55.1 49 25.0 23 11.7 14 7.1 2 1.0