Wine growers and pesticides
Pernet, R.; Boillat, M.A.; Berode, M.; Lob, M.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 112(50): 1853-1857
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 7156969 Document Number: 185987
Thirty wine growers have been examined in a preliminary study to define the morbidity related to the use of pesticides. The health status was defined (history, physical examination, liver and kidney function study, cholinesterase, EMG) before any exposure and some parameters were reassessed during exposure. Several results vary significantly during treatment with pesticides (ALT, AST, OCT, ACHE, BCHE). The initial health status is good, showing no systematic pathology. Several episodes of acute intoxication are mentioned in the patient's histories.