Effect of pesticide residues on health and different enzyme levels in the blood of farm workers from Gadap (rural area) Karachi-Pakistan

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1739-1744

  Azmi, M Ahmed ^a   Naqvi, S N H ^a   Azmi, M Arshad ^b   Aslam, M ^b  

^a BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Blood; Enzymes; Health; Pesticides; Residues

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; ENZYMES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

KIDNEY DYSFUNCTIONS; MONOCROTOPHOS; MULTIPLE PESTICIDES; RESIDUES;

PESTICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CIPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DIMPYLATE; ENZYME; MONOCROTOPHOS; PESTICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; ENZYMES; HEALTH HAZARDS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PESTICIDES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BLOOD; ENZYME; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DYSPNEA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PAKISTAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; KARACHI; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33746215186     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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