Androgen Receptor Antagonism by the Organophosphate Insecticide Fenitrothion

Organophosphate insecticides are widely used in both agri- cultural and landscape pest control and the potential for human exposure to this class of compounds is significant. A profile from 66 poison control centers in the United States in 1997 indicated that organophosphorous insecticides were involved in more poisonings than any other single class of pesticide