Association between organophosphate pesticides exposure and thyroid hormones in floriculture workers

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-26

  Lacasaña, Marina ^a,b   López Flores, Inmaculada ^a,b   Rodríguez Barranco, Miguel ^a   Aguilar Garduño, Clemente ^a,c   Blanco Muñoz, Julia ^d   Pérez Méndez, Oscar ^e   Gamboa, Ricardo ^e   Bassol, Susana ^f   Cebrian, Mariano E ^g  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Andalusian Observatory of Health and Environment   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Dialkylphosphates; Hormone; Organophosphates; Pesticides; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; CHLORPHENOTANE; LIOTHYRONINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHATE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DEMOGRAPHY; FLORICULTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; SEASONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 75149113933     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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