Pesticide poisoning of farm workers-implications of blood test results from Vietnam

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Dasgupta, Susmita ^a   Meisner, Craig ^a   Wheeler, David ^a   Xuyen, Khuc ^b   Thi Lam, Nhan ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health   (Viet Nam)

^c Tien Giang Preventative Medicine Centre   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Blood cholinesterase test; Farm workers; Organophosphates and carbamates; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBAMIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MODEL; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; SYMPTOM; VIET NAM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33846599254     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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