Health monitoring of farm labourers engaged in MIPC 50 WP field sprays

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-209

  More, P R ^a,b   Vadlamudi, V P ^a   Degloorkar, N M ^a   Rajurkar, S R ^a  

^a MARATHWADA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University   (India)

Author keywords

Carbamate insecticide; Farm laborers; Health monitoring; Insecticide sprays; MIPC; Mipcin

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CHOLINESTERASE; ISOPROCARB;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CARBAMATE; HEALTH MONITORING; INSECTICIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COTTON; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0037398140     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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