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Effects of occupational exposure to organophosphate pesticides on nerve and neuromuscular function

Peiris-John, R.J.; Ruberu, D.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Smit, L.A.; van der Hoek, W. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2002)

This study aimed to investigate whether occupational exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides caused neurophysiological abnormalities. Thirty farmers who regularly spray OP pesticides and 30 fishermen (controls), living ...
Low-level exposure to organophosphate pesticides leads to restrictive lung dysfunction

Peiris-John, R.J.; Ruberu, D.K.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; van-der-Hoek, W. (Elsevier-W.B. Saunders, 2005)

Apart from symptomology, there are very few reports on lung function following exposure to low levels of organophosphate (OP) pesticides in man. Twenty-five occupationally exposed farmers and 22 environmentally exposed ...

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