Evaluation of toxicity due to commercial pesticides in female workers

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 392-396

  Ahmad, Rauf ^a   Baloach, Musa Kaleem ^b   Ahmad, Aftab ^c   Rauf, Rizwana ^d   Siddiqui, Hammad ^a   Khokar, Muhammad Younas ^e  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Excel Labs (Pvt) Ltd   (Pakistan)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Agricultural pesticides; Female workers; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PESTICIDE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FERTILITY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MARRIAGE; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREGNANCY; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA;

EID: 11144291977     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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