Cytogenetic Monitoring of Pesticide Sprayers

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 113 - 118
• Main Authors: Joksic, Gordana, Vidakovic, Aleksandar, Spasojevic-Tisma, Vera
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.11.1997; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Agriculture; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Chromosome Aberrations; Cytogenetics - methods; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective - drug effects; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure; Pesticides - adverse effects; Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology; Sister Chromatid Exchange - drug effects; Time Factors; Toxicology; Chromosomal aberration; Human; Micronucleus test; Toxicity; Sister chromatid exchange; Spraying; Pesticides; Cytogenetics; Occupational exposure; Lymphocyte; Occupational medicine; Viticulture

The induction of chromosome aberrations, micronuclei, and sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) was examined in cultured lymphocytes of 27 vineyard growers exposed to pesticides. Cytogenetic examinations were performed during the prespraying period, a month after spraying, and at the end of the spraying...