Monitoring the pesticide-exposed worker.
Cholinesterase inhibitors-the organophosphates and the carbamates-are the most acutely toxic and widely used insecticides. They also comprise the only group of pesticides for which state laws exit requiring worker monitoring. This chapter focuses on cholinesterase monitoring, with attention to available assays and testing kits.
Wilson
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Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
Sanborn
J R
JR
O'Malley
M A
MA
Henderson
J D
JD
Billitti
J R
JR
D000383:Agriculture; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology; D010575:Pesticides / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
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