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Does exposure to methyl bromide fumigation affect heart rate variability and the autonomic nervous system in workers?
Does exposure to methyl bromide fumigation affect heart rate variability and the autonomic nervous system in workers?
Occupational exposure to methyl bromide during fumigation is associated with decreased heart rate variability and adverse autonomic nervous system effects.
May warrant autonomic monitoring in fumigators; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before practice change.
Fumigators with high Br- concentrations and low post-work HRV indices following MB fumigation work experienced adverse effects on their autonomic nervous systems.
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Choi et al. (2020) studied this question.