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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 124, No. 4: 671-677
Copyright © 1986 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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REYE'S SYNDROME AND SPRUCE BUDWORM INSECTICIDE SPRAYING IN MAINE, 1978–19821

ROBERT B WOOD, Jr. and GREGORY F. BOGDAN

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Studies have associated insecticides used for spruce budworm control with Reye's syndrome. In Maine, spruce budworm insecticide spraying began in 1954, and an annual spray program was started in 1972. Reye's syndrome incidence information (1978–1982), obtained from hospital discharge data, death certificates, and reports to the Bureau of Health, was compared with the geographic distribution of spruce budworm insecticide spraying. No association between Reye's syndrome and spruce budworm spraying was found, although some geographic clustering of Reye's syndrome cases was observed.

emulsifying agents; insecticides; Reye's syndrome

1Maine Department of Human Services, Bureau of Health, Division of Disease Control, State House Station 11, Augusta, ME 04333.


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