Occupational pesticide exposure and adverse health effects at the clinical, hematological and biochemical level

Life Sciences

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-283

  García García, Carmen R ^a   Parrón, Tesifón ^b,c   Requena, Mar ^c   Alarcón, Raquel ^c   Tsatsakis, Aristidis M ^d   Hernández, Antonio F ^e  

^a Primary Health Care Center   (Spain)

^b Council of Health at Almeria Province ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Chronic toxicity; Occupational health; Pesticides; Serum enzymes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PESTICIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EYE TOXICITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREENHOUSE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN TOXICITY; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROCEDURES; SKIN DISEASE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; EYE DISEASES; FARMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SKIN DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 84956897081     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2015.10.013     Document Type: Article

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