Morbidity among farm workers in a desert country in relation to long-term exposure to pesticides

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-219

  Gomes, James ^a   Lloyd, Owen ^a   Revitt, Mike D ^b   Basha, Mansour ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Aiming test; Digit symbol test; Erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase; Hemoglobin adjusted erythrocyte cholinesterase; Organophosphates

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031824626     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.301     Document Type: Article

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