Peripheral nervous system function and organophosphate pesticide use among licensed pesticide applicators in the agricultural health study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 515-520

  Starks, Sarah E ^a   Hoppin, Jane A ^b   Kamel, Freya ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^a   Jones, Michael P ^a   Alavanja, Michael C ^c   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Gerr, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Neurological testing; Occupational exposure; Organophosphates; Pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOE; VIBRATION SENSE;

AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859294957     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103944     Document Type: Article

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