id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-336659-qddjqiw9 Ramos, Jheneffer Sonara Aguiar Multi-biomarker responses to pesticides in an agricultural population from Central Brazil 2020-08-21 .txt text/plain 3842 201 48 Our findings demonstrate that pesticides can exert various deleterious effects on human health by damaging the DNA as well as by influencing the immune system in the case of both direct or indirect exposure and these issues are associated to age, gender, intoxication and the nonuse of PPE. In this context, agricultural workers and their families and individuals who reside close to fields where pesticides are applied are considered to be the group that will receive the most considerable exposure at the highest risk for adverse health outcomes (Gangemi et al., 2016; Docea et al. This is the first study from Central Brazil that demonstrated how genetic and immune biomarkers are associated to the exposure of a complex mixture of pesticides Also, families of farmworkers are often environmentally exposed to multiple pesticides, either by living near crops or by having contact with contaminated clothes and work tools without personal protection (Damalas and Eleftherohorinos, 2011; Parks, 2016; Doğanlar et al. ./cache/cord-336659-qddjqiw9.txt ./txt/cord-336659-qddjqiw9.txt