Sentence examples for use of pest control from inspiring English sources

Use of pest control measures increased significantly with the level of housing disrepair reported.

Women who reported that pests were sighted in the home were significantly more likely to report use of pest control (chi-square = 6.1, p = 0.01).

Women who reported that cockroaches were sighted in the home were significantly more likely to report use of pest control (χ = 33.9, p < 0.001).

For example, our work and that of others have clearly shown associations between the degree of housing disrepair and both pest sighting and use of pest control measures (Bradman et al. 2005; Fenske et al. 2005; Whyatt et al. 2002).

There were no significant associations between the birth outcomes (weight, length, or head circumference) and maternal self-reported use of pest control methods during pregnancy (all p-values > 0.1 in the regression analyses; data not shown).

Table 1 provides demographics for the cohort and gives the number of women who reported sighting of pests in the home or use of pest control measures between the 32nd week of pregnancy and delivery.

Rambling around George's neighborhood, he catalogs instances of parental neglect and pill-popping and how "the perfectly trimmed grass... reeks of prosperity and the vigilant use of pest-control products.

What is the correlation between reported use of pest-control services in the community health survey and pest control operator-reported applications?

The study also assessed changes in self-reported pest infestation levels and use of pest-control measures during pregnancy after the regulations.

Prior findings have shown widespread pesticide use among the CCCEH cohort: 87% of the 620 mothers report using some form of pest control during pregnancy, and 46% report using higher-toxicity methods (can sprays, pest bombs, and sprays by exterminators).

There was no significant difference in the proportion of women using any form of pest control or in the proportion using the higher- and lower-toxicity pest control methods, by year of enrollment (2001 through 2004, chi-square = 2.1, p = 0.9).