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METHODS: In the present study, 496 potentially exposed subjects were identified and matched for age, race, sex, pay, and year of hire to 911 control subjects. Morbidity data were abstracted from company medical records. RESULTS: The prevalence of peripheral neuropathy was not significantly increased among this group of employees potentially exposed to chlorpyrifos. Significantly increased prevalence odds ratios were identified for five diagnostic categories: diseases of the ear and mastoid process; acute respiratory infections; other diseases of the respiratory system; general symptoms, signs, and ill defined conditions; and symptoms, signs, and ill defined conditions involving the digestive system. There was a strong association of diagnosis with duration of observation period, indicating that the exposed workers were more likely than unexposed workers to have a diagnosis abstracted from the company medical records due to their longer mean period of follow up. Analyses by exposure classification and mean plasma cholinesterase activity did not show a dose response. 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