Occupational determinants of serum cholinesterase inhibition among organophosphate-exposed agricultural pesticide handlers in Washington State

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 375-386

  Hofmann, Jonathan N ^a   Keifer, Matthew C ^a   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^a,b   Fenske, Richard A ^a   Furlong, Clement E ^a,c   Van Belle, Gerald ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PYRICARBATE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953758516     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.046391     Document Type: Article

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