Exposure of field workers to organophosphorus insecticides: Cotton
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
- Vol. 8 (4) , 433-440
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01056349
Abstract
The red blood cell and plasma cholinesterase (ChE) levels of cotton scouts inspecting foliage for insect infestation and damage were monitored. Group means for ChE activity were significantly depressed at one or more time(s) during four of the eight growing seasons studied. Although no symptoms of organophosphate poisoning were confirmed, several scouts exhibited ChE depressions over 50% of pre-exposure levels.Keywords
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