Occupational exposure of workers to pesticides: Toxicogenetics and susceptibility gene polymorphisms

Farm workers are often exposed to pesticides, which are products belonging to a specific chemical group that affects the health of agricultural workers and is mostly recognized as genotoxic and carcinogenic. The exposure of workers from Piauí, Brazil, to these hazardous chemicals was assessed and cy...

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Main Authors: Lúcia Maria de Miranda Adad, Heloísa Helena Rodrigues de Andrade, Kátia Kvitko, Mauricio Lehmann, Ana Amélia de Carvalho Melo Cavalcante, Rafael Rodrigues Dihl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2015-09-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572015000300308&lng=en&tlng=en