Occupational exposure to pesticides: Blood cholinesterase activity in a farming community in Ghana

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-630

  Ntow, William J ^a   Tagoe, Laud M ^b   Drechsel, Pay ^c   Kelderman, Peter ^d   Nyarko, Elvis ^b   Gijzen, Huub J ^d,e  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^e Regional Science Bureau for Asia and the Pacific Indonesia   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHOLINESTERASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 63249123226     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9077-2     Document Type: Article

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