Research Article | Open Access
Vol. 7 No. 01 (2020)
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Page No.: 4707-4713 |
https://doi.org/10.18535/ijmsci/v7i01.07
Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India
Master of Public Health, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
Background: Pesticides are very harmful for human health especially for farmers who are more in contact with them.
Objective: To compare Nerve Conduction Test among agricultural workers exposed to pesticide and non-agricultural workers.
Method: A sample size of 83 in each group was selected. A pretested questionnaire was prepared comprising of socio-demographic profile, work practices followed by agricultural pesticide sprayers, detail clinical history & findings of Nerve Conduction Test.
Result: The mean Latency in occasional pesticide sprayer was 3.12 ± 0.95 and in regular pesticide sprayer was 3.88 ± 1.08, on applying student t test the result was observed to be significant. The mean conduction velocity in occasional pesticide sprayer was 52.95 ± 11.28 and regular pesticide sprayer was 43.96 ± 12.34, on applying student t test the result was significant.
Conclusion: agricultural workers, pesticide sprayers, nerve conduction test, occupational health
Keywords: Pesticide, agriculture workers, Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) test, Personal Protective Equipments (PPE).
Keywords:
Pesticide, agriculture workers, Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV) test, Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)
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Dr. Manish A. Prasad,
Dr. Rakesh Peshane,
Dr. S.Z. Quazi,
Dr. Abhay Mudey, this is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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