Health symptoms related to pesticide exposure and agricultural tasks among rice farmers from northern Thailand

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-20

  Sapbamrer, Ratana ^a   Nata, Sakorn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHAYAO   (Thailand)

^b Ban Tom Health Promoting Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Farmers; Paddy field; Pesticides; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CROP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRY THROAT; DYSPNEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; EYE IRRITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAIL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; PLANT SEED; PREVALENCE; RASH; RICE; SKIN ULCER; THAILAND; THORAX PAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORYZA SATIVA; PESTICIDES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; THAILAND;

EID: 84893717836     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-013-0349-3     Document Type: Article

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