Change in Cholinesterase Levels and Self-Reported Symptoms Over Two Years

Autor:	Paul Gunderson, Barbara J. Ault, Dean Stueland
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Chemical exposure medicine.medical_specialty biology Trouble falling asleep business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health biology.protein Physical therapy Medicine business Chiropractic Cholinesterase
Zdroj:	Journal of Agromedicine. 4:151-156
ISSN:	1545-0813 1059-924X
DOI:	10.1300/j096v04n01_19
Popis:	In a continuing effort to explore the application and the reliability of self-reported symptoms and cholinesterase levels over time, 22 ginseng producers in central Wisconsin participated in two years of on-site testing. Each year, the participants reported on farming practices and health-seeking behavior and completed a 20-item questionnaire related to possible farm chemical exposure symptoms. Plasma and red cell cholinesterase were measured at the same time. No participant noted seizure symptoms. of the remaining 19 symptoms, the highest yearly correlations were the following: Have your relatives noted that you have trouble remembering (r = 0.82); have you had trouble falling asleep (r = 0.80); and are your fingers numb (r = 0.81). There were no significant changes in farming practices or health-seeking behavior. In 1994, 14 producers applied their own pesticides; nine did in 1995. Only nine (40.9%) of the participants were under a physician's care and three (13.6%) were under chiropractic care...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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