Pesticide poisoning of farm workers–implications of blood test results from Vietnam

• Published in: International journal of hygiene and environmental health Vol. 210; no. 2; pp. 121 - 132
• Main Authors: Dasgupta, Susmita, Meisner, Craig, Wheeler, David, Xuyen, Khuc, Thi Lam, Nhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jena Elsevier GmbH 01.03.2007; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - blood; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - epidemiology; Agricultural Workers' Diseases - prevention & control; Air. Soil. Water. Waste. Feeding; Biological and medical sciences; Blood cholinesterase test; Carbamates - blood; Carbamates - poisoning; Cholinesterases - blood; Cholinesterases - drug effects; Developing Countries; Environment. Living conditions; Farm workers; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Occupational Exposure; Organophosphate Poisoning; Organophosphates - blood; Organophosphates and carbamates; Oryza sativa; Pest Control - methods; Pesticides - blood; Pesticides - poisoning; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Toxicology; Vietnam; Asia; Vietnam; ISEW, Vietnam, Mekong R. Delta, Mekong Delta; Blood cholinesterase test; Vietnam; Organophosphates and carbamates; Farm workers; Enzyme; Pesticides; Esterases; Cholinesterase; Blood; Carboxylic ester hydrolases; Result; Test; Hydrolases; Poisoning; Organophosphorus compounds; Farmer; Carbamate; Public health

Information on the health impacts of pesticides is quite limited in many developing countries, with many surveys relying solely on farmer self-assessments of their health status. To test the reliability of self-reported data, an acetyl cholinesterase enzyme (AChE) blood test was conducted for 190 ri...