Neurobehavioural effects among workers occupationally exposed to organophosphorous pesticides
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Neurobehavioural 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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.4.279