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Pesticide exposure in Sri Lanka [PDF]

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2016
Pesticides are commonly used worldwide both in agricultural and domestic settings. The benefits to society and agriculture are well documented. There are, however, dangers associated with the use of pesticides. Some pesticides, such as organophosphates (the most commonly used pesticide worldwide), kill pests through a biological pathway that may also ...
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Dermal Pesticide Exposure

, 2023
Applicator's hand reaches to open a pesticide container. He is not wearing gloves to open pesticide, risking exposure.

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Respiratory allergy and asthma associated with pesticide exposure amongst women in rural Western Cape [PDF]

, 2012
Includes bibliographical references.Pesticide exposure has been increasingly associated with adverse respiratory health effects including asthma and allergy. However, few studies have been conducted among women and workers in developing countries.
Ndlovu, Vuyelwa
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A new approach methodology to identify tumorigenic chemicals using short-term exposures and transcript profiling

Frontiers in Toxicology
Current methods for cancer risk assessment are resource-intensive and not feasible for most of the thousands of untested chemicals. In earlier studies, we developed a new approach methodology (NAM) to identify liver tumorigens using gene expression ...
Victoria Ledbetter, Victoria Ledbetter, Scott Auerbach, Logan J. Everett, Beena Vallanat, Anna Lowit, Gregory Akerman, William Gwinn, Leah C. Wehmas, Michael F. Hughes, Michael Devito, J. Christopher Corton   +11 more
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Health Symptoms Associated with Pesticides Exposure among Flower and Onion Pesticide Applicators in Arusha Region

Annals of Global Health, 2018
Introduction: Pesticides are extensively used in agriculture to control harmful pests and prevent crop yield losses or product damage. In Tanzania several studies have been conducted on health effects of pesticides on agricultural workers. However, there
Suten Geofrey Mwabulambo, Ezra Jonathan Mrema, Aiwerasia Vera Ngowi, Simon Mamuya   +3 more
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Pesticide exposure and associated acute health effects among smallholder farmers in Mbale District, Eastern Uganda

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: Pesticide use for agriculture is on the rise in Uganda. Many farmers improperly use pesticides, which puts them at risk of exposure and adverse health effects. We assessed pesticide exposure levels and acute health effects among smallholder
Elizabeth Muhumuza, Charles Ssemugabo, Andrew Tusubira, Maggie Ssekitto Ashaba, Deborah Wanzira, David Guwattudde   +5 more
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Association between pesticide exposure and sleep health among a representative sample of US adults: evidence from NHANES 2009–2014

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Data suggest that pesticides interact with the melatonin receptor, which may influence sleep. However, the link between pesticides and sleep remains unexplored among the general adult population.
Astrid N. Zamora, Deborah J. Watkins, Karen E. Peterson, Erica C. Jansen   +3 more
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The relationship between pesticide exposures and primary headaches in adults: A cross-sectional study based on Rafsanjan cohort study

Preventive Medicine Reports
Objectives: Toxic substances can trigger headaches. The prevalence of pesticide use and headaches was high among the population of Rafsanjan. Methods: A cross-sectional study was used to collect data from 9991 adults who participated via sampling people ...
Alireza Vakilian, Parvin Khalili, Zahra Jamali, Amir Moghadam -Ahmadi, Nazanin Jalali, Movahedeh Mohamadi, Seyed Hamid Pakzadmoghadam, Fatemeh Ayoobi   +7 more
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Measuring exposure to organochlorinated pesticides [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 1998
Environmental epidemiological investigations in cancer remain, with rare exceptions, inconclusive. The difficulties of establishing patterns of measurements of exposure in the human body is one of the limitations of these studies. The findings of six recent epidemiological studies that analyzed the association between organochlorinated compounds and ...
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The effect of fiber intake on the association of pesticide exposure and hypertension: a population-level study

Frontiers in Public Health
The association between pesticide exposure and the risk of hypertension is inconsistent. Moreover, little is known about the effects of dietary fiber intake on the association between pesticide exposure and the risk of hypertension.
Haili Lai, Xiaoqin Xin
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