The abstract of the article is available through Medline at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3415921&dopt=Abstract
Br J Ind Med 1988 Aug;45(8):548-51
Effects of pyrethroid insecticides on subjects engaged in packaging
pyrethroids.
He F, Sun J, Han K, Wu Y, Yao P, Wang S, Liu L.
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Chinese Academy of Preventive
Medicine, Beijing.
"A health survey was conducted on 199 workers engaged in dividing and
packaging pyrethroids. The subjects were exposed to fenvalerate at
0.012-0.055 mg/m3 and deltamethrin at 0.005-0.012 mg/m3 in the air
with simultaneous skin contact for 0.5-4.5 months. Burning sensations
and tightness or numbness on the face appeared in two thirds of the
subjects and one third had sniffs and sneezes. Abnormal facial
sensations, dizziness, fatigue, and miliary red papules on the skin
were more evident in summer than in winter. Neither abnormalities in
other organs or systems nor symptoms or signs of acute pyrethroid
poisoning were found by interviews, examinations, and laboratory
tests. There was no significant difference in plasma levels of NA,
cAMP, and cGMP between the examined subjects and the control group.
The urine concentration of fenvalerate in the study group ranged from
1.02 to 18.6 micrograms/l; deltamethrin in the urine was present in
trace amounts."
Any library worth its salt should be able to get you a copy of the
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