Abnormalities on neurological examination among sheep farmers exposed to organophosphorous pesticides.
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Abnormalities on neurological examination among sheep farmers exposed to organophosphorous pesticides.
OBJECTIVES Organophosphates are effective pesticides which are frequently used in several agricultural settings. Although their acute effects are well characterised, it remains unclear whether long term exposure can damage the human nervous system. This study sought to investigate their long term effects by comparing abnormalities on neurological examination between groups of workers exposed to...
متن کاملA clinical neurological, neurophysiological, and neuropsychological study of sheep farmers and dippers exposed to organophosphate pesticides.
OBJECTIVES To classify clinical diseases of the subjects with abnormal indices of peripheral neuropathy identified in field studies of sheep farmers and dippers exposed to organophosphate pesticides. To explore what neuropsychological profiles, if any, may be associated with neurophysiological damage in these subjects. METHODS A case-control study (79 subjects) nested within the cross section...
متن کاملNeurobehavioural effects among workers occupationally exposed to organophosphorous pesticides.
AIMS To identify neurobehavioural deficits among workers exposed to organophosphorous (OP) pesticides in their occupation. METHODS This study was conducted during the period when pesticides were applied to cotton crops in the fields in Menoufiya Governorate, Egypt. Fifty two occupationally exposed male workers were compared to 50 unexposed male controls who were similar in age, socioeconomic ...
متن کاملNeuropsychological and psychiatric functioning in sheep farmers exposed to low levels of organophosphate pesticides.
The study aim was to determine whether low level exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPs) causes neuropsychological or psychiatric impairment. Methodological weaknesses of earlier studies were addressed by: recruiting participants who had retired on ill health grounds; excluding participants with a history of acute poisoning, medical or psychiatric conditions that might account for ill heal...
متن کاملNeuropsychological and psychiatric functioning in sheep farmers exposed to low levels of organophosphate pesticides
The study aim was to determine whether low level exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OPs) causes neuropsychological or psychiatric impairment. Methodological weaknesses of earlier studies were addressed by: recruiting participants who had retired on ill health grounds; excluding participants with a history of acute poisoning, medical or psychiatric conditions that might account for ill heal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.8.520