ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2014
Health symptoms related to pesticide exposure and agricultural tasks among rice farmers from Northern Thailand.
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- Use of Pesticides and Health Risks to Chinese Water Chestnut Farmers in Suphanburi Province, Thailand.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Acute health symptoms related to perception and practice of pesticides use among farmers from all regions of Thailand.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Pesticide Spraying and Reduced Cholinesterase Activity among Hill Tribe Farmers in Thailand.Journal of health & pollution · 2021Article
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- Factors Influencing Practice of Pesticide Use and Acute Health Symptoms among Farmers in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Insecticide Filtration Efficiency of Respiratory Protective Equipment Commonly Worn by Farmers in Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Genetic Polymorphisms of Pesticide-Metabolizing Enzymes and Transporters in Agricultural Workers and Thyroid Hormone Levels.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Pesticide exposure and adverse health effects associated with farmwork in Northern Thailand.Journal of occupational health · 2021Article
- Health Symptoms and Health Literacy of Pesticides Used among Thai Cornfield Farmers.Iranian journal of public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe objective of this cross-sectional study was to investigate health symptoms related to occupational pesticide exposure and agricultural tasks in rice farmers.
methodsData on demographic variables and health symptoms associated with pesticide exposure were collected from 182 rice farmers (exposed subjects) and 122 non-farmers (controlled group) using interviews and measuring whole blood acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity during August and October 2012.
resultsRice farmers had a significantly lower median AChE activity than the controls (9,594 vs. 10,530 U/L, respectively) and a significantly higher prevalence of difficulty in breathing and chest pain [odds ratio (OR) 2.8, P < 0.01 and OR 2.5, P < 0.05, respectively]. The prevalence of dry throat and cramp was associated with those farmers who sprayed and mixed pesticides (OR 2.5 and 2.6 for dry throat, OR 2.5 and 2.9 for cramp, respectively; P < 0.01). The prevalence of numbness and diarrhea was associated with those farmers who scattered seed (OR 2.2, P < 0.01 and OR 3.6, P < 0.05, respectively). The prevalence of numbness and increasing anxiety was also associated with those farmers who harvested crops (OR 3.6, P < 0.01 and OR 3.0, P < 0.05, respectively).
conclusionsOur findings suggest that occupational pesticide exposure and agricultural tasks in the paddy field may be associated with the increasing prevalence of respiratory tract and muscle symptoms. This possibility warrants further investigation in more detail.
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