Hematological and biochemical alterations in sprayers occupationally exposed to mixture of pesticides at a mango plantation in Lucknow, India

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1919-1928

  Fareeda, Mohammad ^a   Pathaka, Manoj Kumar ^a   Biharia, Vipin ^a   Mudiamb, Mohana Krishna Reddy ^a   Patelb, Devendra Kumar ^a   Mathura, Neeraj ^a   Kuddusc, Mohammed ^b   Kesavachandrana, Chandrasekharan Nair ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Haematology; Pesticide sprayer

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACTIVITY LEVELS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; CONTROL GROUPS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; EXPOSURE GROUPS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HAEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; OC PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RED BLOOD CELL; WHITE BLOOD CELLS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BLOOD; CELLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBIN;

PESTICIDES;

ABNORMALITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD; CARBAMATE; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HCH; HEMATOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

INDIA; LUCKNOW; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 77958482201     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2010.484252     Document Type: Article

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