Pesticides
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Professional exposure to pesticides and Parkinson disease.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: We studied the relation between Parkinson disease (PD) and professional exposure to pesticides in a community-based case-control study conducted in a population characterized by a high prevalence of exposure. Our objective was to ... Read more...

Environmental chemicals and thyroid function: an update.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To overview the effects of endocrine disrupters on thyroid function. RECENT FINDINGS: Studies in recent years have revealed thyroid-disrupting properties of many environmentally abundant chemicals. Of special concern is the ... Read more...

Nematicidal efficacy of MCW-2, a new nematicide of the fluoroalkenyl group, against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The small number of available nematicides and restrictions on the use of non-fumigant nematicides owing to high toxicity to human and non-target organisms hinder effective nematode control. The nematicidal efficacy of MCW-2, a new ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pesticides'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Aluminum phosphide intoxication mimicking ischemic heart disease led to unjustified treatment with streptokinase. 30 Oct 2009
• Professional exposure to pesticides and Parkinson disease. 29 Sep 2009
• Environmental chemicals and thyroid function: an update. 29 Sep 2009
• Nematicidal efficacy of MCW-2, a new nematicide of the fluoroalkenyl group, against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica. 29 Sep 2009
• Born to be big. Early exposure to common chemicals may be programming kids to be fat. 19 Sep 2009
• Organochlorine pesticides contamination in surface soils from two pesticide factories in Southeast China. 18 Sep 2009
• Associations between prenatal pesticide exposure and cough, wheeze, and IgE in early childhood. 17 Sep 2009
• Identification of transformation products of organic contaminants in natural waters by computer-aided prediction and high-resolution mass spectrometry. 13 Sep 2009
• Brominated flame retardants, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorine pesticides in bird eggs from the Yellow River Delta, North China. 13 Sep 2009
• Methyl iodide, a fumigant under fire. 13 Sep 2009
• Farmworker children's residential non-dietary exposure estimates from micro-level activity time series. 7 Sep 2009
• Environmental toxins and Parkinson's disease: what have we learned from pesticide-induced animal models? 31 Aug 2009
• Occupation and risk of parkinsonism: a multicenter case-control study. 30 Aug 2009
• Adsorption, desorption and dissipation of metolachlor in surface and subsurface soils. 30 Aug 2009
• Comment on Aluminum and zinc phosphide poisoning. 30 Aug 2009
• Reliability of self-reported household pesticide use. 30 Aug 2009
• Occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface sediments of the Bohai Sea, China. 23 Aug 2009
• Residential proximity to agricultural pesticide applications and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. 20 Aug 2009
• Pesticides and myocardial infarction incidence and mortality among male pesticide applicators in the Agricultural Health Study. 19 Aug 2009
• A phase II clinical trial to assess the safety of clonidine in acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning. 18 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Pesticides'

Definition: Chemicals used to destroy pests of any sort. The concept includes fungicides (FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL); INSECTICIDES; RODENTICIDES; etc.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D010575

Alternative terms: Pesticides;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; analysis; antagonists & inhibitors; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; immunology; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; toxicity; urine; chemistry; agonists;

Tree Number: D27.720.031.700; D27.720.723; D27.888.723;

Technical Notes: very general: prefer specifics or specific types