Monitoring health implications of pesticide exposure in factory workers in Pakistan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 168, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 231-240

  Khan, Dilshad Ahmed ^a   Hashmi, Imran ^b   Mahjabeen, Wajiha ^a   Naqvi, Tatheer A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acetyl cholinesterase; Biochemical markers; Health effects; Industrial workers; Pesticides toxicity; Residues

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEINS; CARBOFURANS; CYPERMETHRINS; DAILY INTAKE; DIFFERENT SIZES; ENDOSULFANS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; IMIDACLOPRIDS; INDUSTRIAL UNITS; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METHAMIDOPHOS; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE FORMULATIONS; PLASMA CHOLINESTERASE; POST-EXPOSURE; RENAL FUNCTIONS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; REVERSE PHASE; SAFETY PRACTICES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ALDEHYDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BOATS; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INSECTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PLASMAS; TOXICITY; UREA;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOFURAN; CHOLINESTERASE; CIPERMETHRIN; CREATININE; ENDOSULFAN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMIDACLOPRID; MALONALDEHYDE; METHAMIDOPHOS; PESTICIDE; UREA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOANALYZER; AWARENESS; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT MONITORING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINESTERASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; YOUNG ADULT;

KARACHI; LAHORE; MULTAN; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SIND;

EID: 77955413735     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1107-2     Document Type: Article

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