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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016

Exposure to Agrochemicals and Cardiovascular Disease: A Review.

Matome M Sekhotha, Kotsedi D Monyeki, Masezi E Sibuyi

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. What is pesticide-induced epilepsy?Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024
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  10. Health problems in agricultural workers occupationally exposed to pesticides.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2021
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  20. Pesticides Are an Occupational and Public Health Issue.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matome M SekhothaDepartment of Physiology and Environmental Health, School of Molecular Science and Agriculture, University of Limpopo (Mankweng Campus), Private bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. michael.sekhotha@ul.ac.za.
Kotsedi D MonyekiDepartment of Physiology and Environmental Health, School of Molecular Science and Agriculture, University of Limpopo (Mankweng Campus), Private bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. Kotsedi.monyeki@ul.ac.za.
Masezi E SibuyiDepartment of Physiology and Environmental Health, School of Molecular Science and Agriculture, University of Limpopo (Mankweng Campus), Private bag X 1106, Sovenga 0727, South Africa. eliot.sibuyi@ul.ac.za.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn the agricultural world there is a continuous loss of food, fiber and other commodities due to pests, disease and weeds before harvesting time. These losses had create lots of financial burden to the farm owners that might lead to shutting down of their daily business. Worldwide, there is an overall very high loss of agricultural products due to weeds growth alone. To counteract this problem most farmers resort to the use of agrochemicals to increase their production but compromising the health of their farmworkers. The purpose of the study will be to assess the relationship between the agrochemical particles and cardiovascular diseases among farmworkers.

methodNon-systematic review was used to collect data. The following database were use: Medline, EBSCO, and Science Direct to search for the existing journal articles.

resultsThis study addresses the relationship between agrochemicals particles and cardiovascular diseases in the farming industries using literature review. DISCUSSION: Other researchers had already done an extensive research on the pathway of potential mechanisms linking the ultrafine particulate matter to cardiovascular diseases. The outcomes of those investigations were the clinical results of events that might lead to the development of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure (CHF), stroke, arrhythmia and sudden death. Xenobiotic compounds that maybe implicated in the pathophysiology of human cardiovascular diseases, will be examined and included in this study. There is compelling evidence suggesting that toxic free radicals of pesticides play an important role in human health.

conclusionThere is a close relationship between agrochemicals particle and cardiovascular diseases.

Indexed as

Agricultural Workers' DiseasesAgrochemicalsCardiovascular DiseasesEcosystemFood SupplyHumansOccupational ExposureParticulate MatterPesticidesAgrochemicalsParticulate MatterPesticidesagrochemicalsblood circulatory systemcardiovascular systemfarmworkersnanoparticlesparticulate matterultrafine particles

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PMID26901215
PMCPMC4772249

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