Organophosphate exposure: a preliminary assessment on the use of pesticide intensity score to evaluate exposure among fruit growers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Abstract
This study examines the influence of work hours, personal protective equipment use, and pesticide ingestion on the amount of urinary metabolites among fruit growers applying organophosphate pesticide. Thirty nine urine samples were collected from seven applicators before and after organophosphate applications. All dimethyl metabolites were present in day 1 morning urine samples for all workers. The arithmetic means for day 1 ranged from 21.5-94.17 μg/L DMP, 6.25-81.25 μg/L DMTP, and
Keywords
Fruit growers, Organophosphate, Pesticide intensity score, Urinary metabolites, fruit, ingestion rate, pesticide, urine
Divisions
CHEMISTRY
Publication Title
EnvironmentAsia
Volume
3
Additional Information
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA