Occupational exposure to pesticides and nerve conduction studies among Korean farmers

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-83

  Park, Su Kyeong ^a,b   Ae Kong, Kyoung ^c   Cha, Eun Shil ^a   Lee, Young Joo ^b   Lee, Gyu Taek ^b   Lee, Won Jin ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Farmers; Nerve conduction study; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERONEUS NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTONEURON; SOUTH KOREA; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERONEAL NERVE; PESTICIDES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84862619230     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2011.573022     Document Type: Article

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