Open AccessCholinesterase Depression and Its Association with Pesticide Exposure across the Agricultural Season among Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina
Author(s) -
Sara A. Quandt,
Haiying Chen,
Joseph G. Grzywacz,
Quirina M. Vallejos,
Leonardo Galván,
Thomas A. Arcury
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901492
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , pesticide , agriculture , cholinesterase , environmental health , toxicology , medicine , geography , biology , ecology , pharmacology , macroeconomics , economics
Farmworkers can be exposed to a wide variety of pesticides. Assessing cholinesterase activity over time can be used to monitor exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides.
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