Biomedica Vol.
23 (Jul.
- Dec.
2007)
E:/Biomedica Vol.
23 Jul.
– Dec.
2007/Bio-1 (A)
EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED CHRONIC PESTICIDE
POISONING AMONG RESIDENTS NEAR AGRICULTURE FIELDS
1AFTAB TURABI, 2AHMED DANYAL, 3SAUD HASSAN, 4YUSAF SALAT
5MANSOOR AHMAD,...
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Biomedica Vol.
23 (Jul.
- Dec.
2007)
E:/Biomedica Vol.
23 Jul.
– Dec.
2007/Bio-1 (A)
EVALUATION OF SUSPECTED CHRONIC PESTICIDE
POISONING AMONG RESIDENTS NEAR AGRICULTURE FIELDS
1AFTAB TURABI, 2AHMED DANYAL, 3SAUD HASSAN, 4YUSAF SALAT
5MANSOOR AHMAD, 6M.
A.
RASHID, 7AFZAL HAQ ASIF
1-5,7Department of Pharmacology, Islamic International Medical College, Rawalpindi
2,7Frontier Medical College, Abbottabad, 3Dow Medical College, and
4Sind Medical College, Karachi, 5Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ.
of Karachi
6Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Foundation Medical College, Rawalpindi
The present study was performed to evaluate the incidence of organophosphorus toxicity among
agrarian and non agrarian subjects residing near agriculture fields.
The location of this study
was Nawakot village, Multan.
From the cotton producing area of Multan, 225 volunteers (farmers) including 103 females and 122 males were selected.
Children <12 years of age constitute
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