Cholinesterase activities determination in frozen blood samples: An improvement to the occupational monitoring in developing countries

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-177

  Oliveira Silva, J J ^a,b,d   Alves, S R ^a   Inacio, A F ^a   Meyer, A ^a   Sarcinelli, P D N ^a   Mattos, R D C ^a   Ferreira, M D F A ^c   Cunha, J C ^c   Moreira, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbamate pesticides; Cholinesterase inhibition; Human blood; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FREEZING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0034049843     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096032700678827762     Document Type: Article

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