Fetal effects of environmental exposure of pregnant women to organophosphorus compounds in a rural farming community in Sri Lanka

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-495

  Samarawickrema, Nirma ^a   Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam ^a   Wickremasinghe, Rajitha ^a   Peiris John, Roshini ^b   Karunaratna, Madawa ^c   Buckley, Nick ^d   Dawson, Andrew ^e   De Silva, Janaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Base Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Fetus; Organophosphorus compounds; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; DIMETHOATE; MALONALDEHYDE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MATERNAL BLOOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; SRI LANKA; TISSUE INJURY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 46249104329     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701837030     Document Type: Article

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