Effect of pesticide exposure on acetylcholinesterase activity in subsistence farmers from Campeche, Mexico

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 418-425

  Von Osten, Jaime Rendón ^a   Tinoco Ojanguren, Rolando ^b   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^c   Guilhermino, Lucia ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Campesinos; Exposure; Farmers; Organophosphates; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOFURAN; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 27544436252     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.8.418-425     Document Type: Article

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