Neurobehavioral Deficits and Increased Blood Pressure in School-Age Children Prenatally Exposed to Pesticides

BACKGROUND: The long-term neurotoxicity risks caused by prenatal exposures to pesticides are unclear, but a previous pilot study of Ecuadorian school children suggested that blood pressure and visuospatial processing may be vulnerable. OBJECTIVES: In northern Ecuador, where floriculture is intensive...

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Published in:	Environmental health perspectives Vol. 118; no. 6; pp. 890 - 896
Main Authors:	Harari, Raul, Julvez, Jordi, Murata, Katsuyuki, Barr, Dana, Bellinger, David C., Debes, Frodi, Grandjean, Philippe
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Research Triangle Park, NC National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.06.2010 US Department of Health and Human Services
Subjects:	Adult Agricultural Workers' Diseases - chemically induced Attention - drug effects Biological and medical sciences Blood pressure Blood Pressure - drug effects Body mass index Chemical hazards Child Children Children's Health Copying Cross-Sectional Studies Developmental Disabilities - chemically induced Ecuador Elementary school students Environment. Living conditions Environmental health Exposure Female Health Health aspects Humans Male Medical sciences Metabolites Neuropsychological Tests Neurotoxicity Occupational Exposure Organophosphates Organophosphates - toxicity Organophosphates - urine Pesticides Pesticides - toxicity Pesticides - urine Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology Phosphoric acid esters Pregnancy Pregnant women Prenatal drug exposure Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - chemically induced Psychomotor Performance - drug effects Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Reproduction Risk factors School age children Stanford Binet test Toxicology Ecuador United States Toxicity Nervous system Esterases Acetylcholinesterase Occupational exposure Delay Prenatal Health and environment Mother Arterial pressure Blood pressure Behavior prenatal exposure delayed effects Child Human Nervous system diseases maternal exposure Enzyme Pesticides Syndrome Carboxylic ester hydrolases School age Hydrolases neurotoxicity syndromes Organophosphorus compounds Hemodynamics Occupational medicine
ISSN:	0091-6765, 1552-9924, 1552-9924
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