The impact of aerial application of organophosphates on the cholinesterase levels of rural residents in the Vaalharts district, Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 326-332

  Dalvie, Mohamed A ^a   London, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aerial; Cholinesterase; Neurotoxic; Organophosphate; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FARM; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; RURAL SOCIETY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33749990905     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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