Measure to manage: Using cholinesterase assessment to monitor agrichemical exposure in Victorian farmers

Aim: As an occupation, farming is not one that regularly monitors blood cholinesterase (ChE) compared to other occupations such as commercial agrichemical handlers and manufacturers regularly exposed to anticholinesterase chemicals. This study aimed to improve farmer awareness of ChE monitoring, validate accurate assessment in-field, and provide farming and agricultural workers with a link between their ChE activity and their agrichemical use.

Brumby, S., Russell-Green, S., Phillips, T.J., Edwards, J., Cotton, J. L.2019Measure to manage: Using cholinesterase assessment to monitor agrichemical exposure in Victorian farmersMedicine98(49), e17909. Go to page