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ReviewToxicology reports2024

Changes of blood cholinesterase activities among pesticides-exposed agricultural workers in Iraq: A meta-analysis.

Fouad K Mohammad, Ammar A Mohammed, Simona K Odisho

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Review in Toxicology reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Fouad K MohammadDepartment of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq.
Ammar A MohammedDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Duhok, Iraq.
Simona K OdishoDepartment of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Duhok, Iraq.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous studies in Iraq have attempted to determine blood cholinesterase (ChE) activities with varying results in agricultural workers and veterinarians exposed to pesticides. This meta-analysis answers the specific inquiry of whether or not blood ChE activities decrease in agricultural workers exposed previously to pesticides. The meta-analysis included 14 records of blood ChE activities extracted from 12 studies after employing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA). These records comprised ChE activities in agricultural workers exposed to pesticides (n = 635) versus their respective control cohorts (n = 416). We employed the one-group random effects model for the meta-analysis and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) to examine study quality. The combined effect size of pesticides exposed group (% ChE activity versus control) was significant at 86.13 %. Heterogeneity (I

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AcetylcholinesteraseCarbamatesOrganophosphatesPesticides biomonitoringPesticides exposurePlasma cholinesterase

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PMID39669744
PMCPMC11635768

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