Longitudinal assessment of chlorpyrifos exposure and self-reported neurological symptoms in adolescent pesticide applicators

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Khan, Khalid ^a   Ismail, Ahmed A ^b   Abdel Rasoul, Gaafar ^b   Bonner, Matthew R ^c   Lasarev, Michael R ^d   Hendy, Olfat ^b   Al Batanony, Manal ^b   Crane, Alice L ^e   Singleton, Steven T ^e   Olson, James R ^c,e   Rohlman, Diane S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; PYRIDINOL; TRICHLORO 2 PYRIDINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3,5,6-TRICHLORO-2-PYRIDINOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PESTICIDE; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; EGYPT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; URINALYSIS; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; URINE; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BIOMARKERS; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHILD; CHLORPYRIFOS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PYRIDONES; SELF REPORT; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897473874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004177     Document Type: Article

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