Muhammad Fahim-ul Haq, Mudusar Ali, Faheem Mahmood, Shama Akram, Nakshab Choudhry, Riffat Yasmin.
Impact of Pesticide on Workers Health of Pesticide Formulation and Packing Plants in Pakistan.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):586-8.

Aim: To evaluate the Impact of pesticides on workers health of pesticide formulation and packing plants in Pakistan . Methods : 100 workers from different pesticides industrial units working at least for one years in the age group of 20-50 years and 100 healthy persons taken as control having matching social status , gender , age and no exposure to pesticides . Results : 21% of pesticide industrial workers had no complaint, 40% complaining of weakness, 17% complaining of itching, 10% complaining of Backache, 9% complaining of cough and 3% complaining of joint pain. On the other hand 43% of control subjects had no complaint, 34% complaining of weakness, 10% complaining of cough, 7% complaining of backache, 5% itching and 1% complaining of joint pain. Chi-square test was applied and P value was significant for "itching" and "no complaints". Conclusion : Pesticide industrial workers had more general health problems like generalized weakness, itching, backache, cough etc. as compare to control subjects.

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