Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by AMES, R. G.
Right arrow Articles by JACKSON, R. J.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by AMES, R. G.
Right arrow Articles by JACKSON, R. J.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Occupational Medicine 1989;39:85-92
© 1989 Society of Occupational Medicine

research-article

Protecting Agricultural Applicators from Over-Exposure to Cholinesterase-Inhibiting Pesticides: Perspectives from the California Programme

RICHARD G. AMES, STEPHANIE K. BROWN, DONALD C. MENGLE, EPHRAIM KAHN, JAMES W. STRATTON and RICHARD J. JACKSON

Pesticide Unit, California Department of Health Services Berkeley, California, USA

California's requirement for medical supervision of applicators regularly handling Toxicity Category I and II organophosphate and carbamate chotinesterase-inhibiting pesticides is examined from a policy perspective by the California Department of Health Services (CDHS). Changes to increase the effectiveness of medical supervision and solutions to a number of practical implementation problems are discussed, including the pesticides which should be monitored, the use of individual cholinesterase baselines, the enzymes to be measured, and the frequency of cholinesterase testing.

Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Dr Richard G. Ames, Hazard Evaluation Section, California Department of Health Services, 2151 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, California 94704, USA


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.