| Document ID (ISN) | 19753 |
| CIS number |
72-2729 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0003-9896 - Archives of Environmental Health |
| Year |
1972 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Guthrie F.E. |
| Title |
Cholinesterase levels of cigar-wrapper tobacco workers exposed to parathion |
| Bibliographic information |
July 1972, Vol.25, No.1, p.32-37. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
Results of environmental and biochemical studies carried out to determine health hazards to tobacco harvesters. The cholinesterase level of 44 workers was monitored in 3 farms during the harvesting season. Although these workers had had contact with parathion residues (as shown by the presence of p-nitrophenol in urine and up to 5ppm of parathion on tobacco leaves), none showed any evidence of significant depression of red blood cell cholinesterase. One worker had a slight inhibition of plasma cholinesterase. It is recommended that a delay of 5 to 7 days should be observed before reentry into a field which has been treated with parathion. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
parathion; tobacco farming; toxicology; enzyme disturbances |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cholinesterase monitoring; urinary metabolites; occupational health survey; USA |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Food, beverage and tobacco industries
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Agriculture
Blood diseases
Esters and salts
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