Self reported symptoms and inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity among Kenyan agricultural workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-200

  Ohayo Mitoko, Grace J A ^a,b   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Simwa, James M ^b   Boleij, Jan S M ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Cholinesterase inhibition; Health effects; Kenya; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBAMIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STORAGE; SYMPTOM;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CARBAMATES; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034021332     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.3.195     Document Type: Article

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