Effects of occupational exposure in pesticide plant on workers' serum and erythrocyte cholinesterase activity

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 381-385

  Joshaghani, Hamid Reza ^a,b   Ahmadi, Ali Reza ^a   Mansourian, Azad Reza ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Medical Laboratory Technology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Occupational; Organophosphate; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BUTYRYLTHIOCHOLINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTOXICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STUDENT T TEST; WORKER;

EID: 37649008452     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-007-0039-8     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Thetkathuek A, Keifer M, Fungladda W, Kaewkungwal J, Padungtod C, Wilson B, et al. Spectrophotometric determination of plasma and red blood cell cholinesterase activity of 53 fruit farm workers pre- and post-exposed to chlorpyrifos for one fruit crop. Chem Pharm Bull 2005;53:422-4.
2. th Ed. USA: Elsevier Saunders; 2005. p. 614-5.
3. Oakeshott JG, Devonshire AL, Claudianos C, Sutherland TD, Horne I, Campbell PM, et al. Comparing the organophosphorous and carbamate insecticide resistance mutations in cholin- and carboxyl-esterases. Chem Biol Interact 2005;15:157-8.
4. Eyer P. The role of oximes in the management of organophosphorous pesticide poisoning. Toxicol Rev 2003;22:165-90.
5. Tinoco-Ojanguren R, Halperin DC. Poverty, production, and health: inhibition of erythrocyte cholinesterase via occupational exposure to organophosphate insecticides in Chiapas, Mexico. Arch Environ Health 1998;53:29-35.
6. Mason HJ. The recovery of plasma cholinesterase and erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase activity in workers after over-exposure to dichlorvos. Occup Med 2000;50:343-7.
7. Paul J. Commercial pesticide applicators may get mandatory blood tests. Agrichemical Age 1987, March.
8. George PM, Abernethy MH. Improved Ellman procedure for erythrocyte cholinesterase. Clin Chem 1983;29:365-8.
9. Vahdati MN, Hassanzadeh MK, Hosseini J, Saffareshargh AA. Ethnic differences in the frequency of distribution of serum cholinesterase activity in the Iranian population. Can J Physio Pharmacol 2004;82: 326-30.
10. Hosseini J, Firuzian F, Feely J. Ethnic differences in the frequency distribution of serum cholinesterase activity. Ir J Med Sci 1997;166:10-2.
11. Lakew K, Mekonnen Y. The health status of northern Omo State Farm workers exposed to chlorpyrifos and profenofos. Ethiop Med J 1998;36:175-84.
12. Robinson DG, Trites DG, Banister EW. Physiological effects of work stress and pesticide exposure in tree planting by British Columbia silviculture workers. Ergonomics 1993;36:951-61.
13. London L, Nell V, Thompson ML, Myers JF. Health status among farm workers in the Western Cape - collateral evidence from a study of occupational hazards. S Afr Med J 1998;88:1096-101.
14. Ciesielski S, Loomis DP, Mims SR, Auer A. Pesticide exposures, cholinesterase depression, and symptoms among North Carolina migrant farm workers. Am J Public Health 1994;84:446-51.
15. Lopez-Carillo L, Lopez-Cervantes M. Effect of exposure to organophosphate pesticides on serum cholinesterase levels. Arch Environ Health 1993;48:359-63.
16. Innes DF, Fuller BH, Berger GM. Low serum cholinesterase levels in rural workers exposed to organophosphate pesticide sprays. S Afr Med J 1990;78:581-3.
17. Husin LS, Uttaman A, Hisham HJ, Hussain IH, Jamil MR. The effect of pesticide on the activity of serum cholinesterase and current perception threshold on the paddy farmers in the Muda agricultural development area, MADA, Kedah, Malaysia. Med J Malaysia 1999;54:320-4.
18. Ames RG, Brown SK, Mengle DC, Kahn E, Stratton JW, Jackson RJ. Cholinesterase activity depression among California agricultural pesticide applicators. Am J Ind Med 1989;15:143-50.
19. Paz-y-Mino C, Bustamante G, Sanchez ME, Leone PE. Cytogenetic monitoring in a population occupationally exposed to pesticides in Ecuador. Environ Health Perspect 2002;110:1077-80.
20. Altuntas I, Delibas N, Demirci M, Kilinc I, Tamer N. The effects of methidathion on lipid peroxidation and some liver enzymes: role of vitamins E and C. Arch Toxicol 2002;76:470-3.
21. Kalender S, Ogutcu A, Uzunhisarcikli M, Acikgoz F, Durak D, Ulusoy Y, et al. Diazinon-induced hepatotoxicity and protective effect of vitamin E on some biochemical indices and ultrastructural changes. Toxicology 2005;211:197-206.