Association of Pesticide Exposure with Neurologic Dysfunction and Disease
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Association of Pesticide Exposure with Neurologic Dysfunction and Disease
Poisoning by acute high-level exposure to certain pesticides has well-known neurotoxic effects, but whether chronic exposure to moderate levels of pesticides is also neurotoxic is more controversial. Most studies of moderate pesticide exposure have found increased prevalence of neurologic symptoms and changes in neurobehavioral performance, reflecting cognitive and psychomotor dysfunction. Ther...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7135