Erythrocyte cholinesterase activity levels in desert farm workers
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Erythrocyte cholinesterase activity levels in desert farm workers.
In this study we have examined 532 migrant farm workers engaged mainly in the cultivation of vegetable crops, in both greenhouses and openfarms, and an equal number of controls. Erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE) was measured to determine the degree of toxicity due to exposure to organophosphate and carbamate pesticides in the farm workers employed either as foremen (41.5%) or far...
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OBJECTIVES The determination of cholinesterase activity has been commonly applied in the biomonitoring of exposure to organophosphates and carbamates and in the diagnosis of poisoning with anticholinesterase compounds. One of the groups who are at risk of pesticide intoxication are the workers engaged in the production of these chemicals. AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the effect of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational Medicine
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0962-7480,1471-8405
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/47.2.90