Assessment of pesticide exposure in female population living in cotton growing areas of Punjab, Pakistan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1138-1141

  Tahir, Seema ^a   Anwar, Tahir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Female cotton pickers; Pesticides; Risk

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLES; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE COTTON PICKERS; FEMALE POPULATION; MEAN VALUES; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDE EXPOSURE;

BLOOD; COTTON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PESTICIDES; RISKS;

CULTIVATION;

CHOLINESTERASE; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GOSSYPIUM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GOSSYPIUM; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84870905162     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0857-7     Document Type: Article

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