Introduction. In 2005, the Sistema de Vigilancia en Salud Pública, the governmental agency responsible for monitoring public health, found that Putumayo Province has the highest incidence of poisoning by pesticides in Colombia.Objective. Exposure to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides and carbamates was established in the agricultural population of Putumayo by determining acetylcholinesterase levels.Materials and methods. A cross-sectional survey was made in 204 occupationally exposed workers in four municipalities of Putumayo. A questionnaire was administered to collect subject information; a blood sample was taken for acetylcholinesterase determination by Michel's method. A straightforward analysis of the variables and possible asso...
Cholinesterases are a group of catalytic enzymes whose activity can be diminished by different facto...
Por uso indiscriminado de pesticidas, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, tres millones de pe...
Cholinesterases are a group of catalytic enzymes whose activity can be diminished by different facto...
Introduction. Due to the importance of acetylcholinesterase inhibiting chemicals as pesticides in de...
Valuation of risk factors associated to the handling and exposure habits of organophosphates and car...
Valuation of risk factors associated to the handling and exposure habits of organophosphates and car...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...
Introduction. In Colombia, pesticide exposure has became a public health problem, as the use of thes...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
En América Latina, Colombia ocupa el tercer lugar en el consumo de plaguicidas, teniendo en cuenta q...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
Introduction: The health impact caused by the use of pesticides on farmers is mainly due to poor pra...
The epidemiological surveillance program for organophosphate and carbamate pesticides (VEO) was crea...
Objective: Describe the possible adverse effects on population health and environment due to pestici...
Frente a las indiscutibles ventajas de los plaguicidas en el control de plagas y enfermedades, el us...
Cholinesterases are a group of catalytic enzymes whose activity can be diminished by different facto...
Por uso indiscriminado de pesticidas, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, tres millones de pe...
Cholinesterases are a group of catalytic enzymes whose activity can be diminished by different facto...
Introduction. Due to the importance of acetylcholinesterase inhibiting chemicals as pesticides in de...
Valuation of risk factors associated to the handling and exposure habits of organophosphates and car...
Valuation of risk factors associated to the handling and exposure habits of organophosphates and car...
Organophosphorates and carbamates are responsible for the greater part of the pesticide poisonings w...
Introduction. In Colombia, pesticide exposure has became a public health problem, as the use of thes...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
En América Latina, Colombia ocupa el tercer lugar en el consumo de plaguicidas, teniendo en cuenta q...
In the agricultural sector, in most countries, there is a massive use of pesticides, and a deficit o...
Introduction: The health impact caused by the use of pesticides on farmers is mainly due to poor pra...
The epidemiological surveillance program for organophosphate and carbamate pesticides (VEO) was crea...
Objective: Describe the possible adverse effects on population health and environment due to pestici...
Frente a las indiscutibles ventajas de los plaguicidas en el control de plagas y enfermedades, el us...
Cholinesterases are a group of catalytic enzymes whose activity can be diminished by different facto...
Por uso indiscriminado de pesticidas, según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, tres millones de pe...
Cholinesterases are a group of catalytic enzymes whose activity can be diminished by different facto...