Electroencephalogram, cognitive state, psychological disorders, clinical symptom, and oxidative stress in horticulture farmers exposed to organophosphate pesticides

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-96

  Bayrami, Mansour ^a   Hashemi, Touraj ^a   Malekirad, Ali Akbar ^a   Ashayeri, Hassan ^b   Faraji, Fardin ^c   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

cognitive function; Organophosphate; oxidative stress; poisoning; psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ECZEMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SALIVATION; SMOKING; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84856497718     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711407243     Document Type: Article

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