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Carboxylic esterase and its associations with long-term effects of organophosphorus pesticides.
Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES - 1 Aug 2007
Zhou Zhi-Jun, Zheng Jie, Wu Qiang-En, Xie Fang
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine a) the effect of organophosphorus pesticide exposure on activity of carboxylic esterases, namely butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), carboxylesterase (CarbE) and paraoxonase (PonE); and b) the association of polymorphisms of BChE and PonE with individual genetic susceptibility to organophosphorus pesticide exposure. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 75 workers exposed to...
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