دورية أكاديمية
Occupational exposure to pesticides: blood cholinesterase activity in a farming community in Ghana.
| العنوان: | Occupational exposure to pesticides: blood cholinesterase activity in a farming community in Ghana. |
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| المؤلفون: | Ntow WJ; CSIR Water Research Institute, Achimota, Ghana. w_ntow@yahoo.co.uk, Tagoe LM, Drechsel P, Kelderman P, Nyarko E, Gijzen HJ |
| المصدر: | Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology [Arch Environ Contam Toxicol] 2009 Apr; Vol. 56 (3), pp. 623-30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Dec 27. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Springer-Verlag Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0357245 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1432-0703 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00904341 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: New York, Springer-Verlag. |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Occupational Exposure*, Agricultural Workers' Diseases/*enzymology , Cholinesterases/*blood , Pesticides/*toxicity, Adult ; Female ; Humans ; Linear Models ; Male |
| مستخلص: | A survey was undertaken to establish the extent of pesticide exposure in a farming community. Cholinesterase (ChE) activity in whole blood was used as a marker for assessing exposure to pesticides. Complete data were gathered for 63 farmers at Akumadan (exposed) and 58 control subjects at Tono, both prominent vegetable-farming communities in Ghana, by means of a questionnaire and blood cholinesterase analyses (acetylcholine assay). Although whole-blood ChE was significantly lower in the exposed than the control participants, it was not significantly correlated with either confounders of age, sex, body weight, and height or high-risks practices. The high-risks practices revealed during the survey included lack of use of personal protective clothing, short reentry intervals, and wrong direction of spraying of pesticides by hand or knapsack sprayer. About 97% of exposed participants had experienced symptoms attributable to pesticide exposure. The frequent symptoms were reported as weakness and headache. There is the need to review safety precautions in the use and application of pesticides in Ghana. |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Pesticides) EC 3.1.1.8 (Cholinesterases) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20081230 Date Completed: 20090513 Latest Revision: 20090319 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00244-007-9077-2 |
| PMID: | 19112562 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
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Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1432-0703 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s00244-007-9077-2 |