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dc.contributor.authorMatchaba, Reginald B.Z.
dc.coverage.spatialZimbabwe.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-15T11:38:42Z
dc.date.available2016-03-15T11:38:42Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationMatchaba, R.B.Z. (1996) Organophosphate exposure in pesticide manufacturing factories in Zimbabwe. Pesticides in Zimbabwe: toxicity and health implications. Harare: UZ Publications, pp. 50-62.en
dc.identifier.isbn0-908307-49-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/10053
dc.descriptionA research paper on occupational industrial hazards associated with Organophosphate exposure in pesticide manufacturing in Zimbabwe.en
dc.description.abstractTine prevalence of excessive exposure to organophosphates in pesticide manufacturing factories in Zimbabwe is high. It is possible, through simple and inexpensive measures such as reduction in smoking at the workplace, improvement in personal hygiene and basic worker education programmes, to significantly reduce the prevalence of excessive organophosphate pesticide exposure at the workplace. Since symptoms are a pool- indicator of exposure to organophosphate, the importance of biological monitoring and using the simple and relatively inexpensive World Health Organisation (WHO) cholinesterase kit is of utmost importance in identifying workers at risk.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publicationsen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectHealthen
dc.subjectSocial Protectionen
dc.subjectWork and Labouren
dc.titleOrganophosphate exposure in pesticide manufacturing factories in Zimbabween
dc.typeBook chapteren
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Zimbabwe (UZ)en


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