Persistent symptomatology in workers industrially exposed to organophosphate pesticides;Sintomatologia persistente en trabajadores industrialmente expuestos a plaguicidas organofosforados

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-61

  Palacios Nava, Martha Edilia ^a,c   Paz Román, Pilar ^a   Hernández Robles, Silvia ^a   Mendoza Alvarado, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^c Ciudad Universitaria   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Occupational health; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL DISORDER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; INTOXICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHOLINESTERASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME TESTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POISONING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032587704     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36341999000100007     Document Type: Article

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