Biological monitoring of genotoxicity to organophosphate pesticide exposure among rice farmers: exposure-effect continuum study

• Main Authors: How, Vivien, Hashim, Zailina, Ismail, Patimah, Md Said, Salmiah, Omar, Dzolkhifli, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36660/1/Biological%20monitoring%20of%20genotoxicity%20to%20organophosphate%20pesticide%20exposure%20among%20rice%20farmers.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36660/; http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=69&sid=1&slc_lang=en

Background: This study has used biomarker of exposure-effect continuum to examine the biological characteristics of organophosphate (OP) toxicity and its genotoxic effect among rice farmers. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 160 pesticide exposed rice farmers and 160...