Adverse Respiratory Health and Hematological Alterations among Agricultural Workers Occupationally Exposed to Organophosphate Pesticides: A Cross-Sectional Study in North India - Fareed, Mohd; Pathak, Manoj Kumar; Bihari, Vipin; Kamal, Ritul; Srivastava, Anup Kumar; Kesavachandran, Chandrasekharan Nair (PloS one, 2013)
Keywords: Acetylcholinesterase; Acetylcholinesterase - blood; Adult; Agricultural laborers; Agricultural practices; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - blood; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - chemically induced; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - physiopathology; Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Alterations; Anemia; Bioindicators; Biology; Biomarkers; Blood Cell Count; Butyrylcholinesterase - blood; Cancer; Cholinesterase; Comparative analysis; Consent; Cough; Cough - blood; Cough - chemically induced; Cough - physiopathology; Cross-sectional studies; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Exposure; Farmers; Farmworkers; Health; Hematology; Humans; India; Insecticides; Irritation; LDCs; Leukocytes (neutrophilic); Lung - drug effects; Lung - physiopathology; Lungs; Male; Mathematics; Medical research; Medicine; Middle Aged; Monocytes; Morbidity; Occupational Exposure; Occupational health; Occupational Health - education; Occupational Health - legislation & jurisprudence; Orchards; Organophosphates; Organophosphorus pesticides; Pesticides; Pesticides - adverse effects; Pharynx; Plantations; Poisoning; Predictive control; Pulmonary function tests; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory function; Respiratory Sounds - physiopathology; Sprayers; Spraying; Sputum; Studies; Surveys; Toxicology; Wheezing; India