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Document ID (ISN)49395
CIS number 88-553
ISSN - Serial title Medycyna Wiejska
Year 1985
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Majczakowa W., Badach H., Soczewińska-Klepacka Z., Mołocznik A.
Title Evaluation of conditions of work with a granular pesticide - Dursban 5G
Original title Ocena warunków pracy podczas stosowania pestycydu w formie granulowanej - Dursbanu 5G [in Polish]
Bibliographic information 1985, Vol.20, No.4, p.269-278. 21 ref.
Abstract Pollution of workplace air with chlorpyrifos during sowing of sugar beets together with the granular phosphoroorganic insecticide Dursban 5G was measured. Hazards resulting from the introduction of this method of sowing were evaluated (pollution of skin and clothes). No pathological signs nor radical decreases of blood cholinesterase activity were observed in the exposed workers.
Descriptors (primary) chlorpyrifos; pesticides; determination in air; exposure evaluation; atmospheric pollution; sowing
Descriptors (secondary) health hazards; cholinesterase monitoring
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Exposure evaluation
Air pollution
Esters and salts
Agricultural chemicals
Environmental pollution