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Field worker exposure during pesticide application : proceedings of the fifth international workshop of the Scientific Committee on Pesticides of the International Association on Occupational Health, the Hague, the Netherlands, October 9-11, 1979
Title:
Field worker exposure during pesticide application : proceedings of the fifth international workshop of the Scientific Committee on Pesticides of the International Association on Occupational Health, the Hague, the Netherlands, October 9-11, 1979
Author:
Tordoir, W. F.
ISBN:
9780444418791
9780080874661
9781281777867
9786611777869
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. ; New York : Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier/North-Holland, 1980.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 208 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Studies in environmental science ; 7
Studies in environmental science ; 7.
Contents:
Front Cover; Field Worker Exposure During Pesticide Application; Copyright Page; Contents; Scientific Committee on Pesticides; List of Authors; Opening address; PART I: GENERAL INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. Occupational pesticide hazards in the activities of WHO's office of occupational health: hematologicai criteria for health assessment; Chapter 2. Methods for field assessment of exposure to pesticides; Chapter 3. Field studies monitoring exposure and effects in the development of pesticides; PART II: TECHNICAL PAPERS; Chapter 1. Effects of formulation upon the safe use of pesticides
Chapter 2. Field worker exposure during pesticide applicationChapter 3. Solubility factors affecting pesticide penetration through skin and protective clothing; PART III: REPORTS ON FIELD STUDIES; Chapter 1. Scope and need of toxicological evaluation of pesticides under field conditions -- Medical surveillance of malaria spraymen exposed to HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) in India; Chapter 2. The effects of continuous exposure of organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides on cholinesterase (ChE) levels in humans
Chapter 3. Study of public health secretariat pesticide applicators during the anti-malaria campaign 1978Chapter 4. Field application of phenoxy acid herbicides; Chapter 5. Exposure of Finnish forestry nursery workers to quintozene and maneb; Chapter 6. Pesticide exposure in tropical and sub-tropical Australia; Chapter 7. Monitoring program for the assessment of human safety in operations involving organophosphorus insecticides; Chapter 8. A longitudinal study of red cell and plasma cholinesterase in two groups of organophosphorus workers
Chapter 9. Exposure and medical monitoring study of a new synthetic pyrethroid after one season of spraying on cotton in Ivory CoastChapter 10. Early studies with azinphos methyl to determine re-entry times for citrus pickers; Chapter 11. Heat stress in aerial spray pilots; Chapter 12. Pre-crop spraying of vineyards with mevinphos; Chapter 13. Monitoring of public health workers exposed to fenthion; PART IV: MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS; Chapter 1. Risks from combined exposures to different chemicals
Chapter 2. The porphyrinogenic potential of pesticides with special emphasis on organophosphorus compoundsChapter 3. Consequences for field exposure of impurities in pesticide formulation; Chapter 4. Methods for determination of exposure of agricultural workers to organophosphorus pesticides; Chapter 5. Blood cholinesterase monitoring of workers exposed to organophosphorus pesticides: theory and practice; Chapter 6. Some occupational medical aspects of pesticides handling; industry viewpoint; Report of Rapporteur; Recommendations; Closing Remarks; List of Participants; Previous Workshops
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Field Worker Exposure During Pesticide Application.
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