Pyrethroid pesticide exposure during early pregnancy and birth outcomes in southwest China: a birth cohort study

• Published in: Journal of toxicological sciences Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 281 - 291
• Main Authors: Xu, Qinghua, Zhu, Baosheng, Dong, Xudong, Li, Suyun, Song, Xiaoxiao, Xiao, Xia, Zhang, Chao, Lv, Yan, Zhang, Xiong, Li, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Toxicology 01.01.2020; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Bananas; Birth outcome; Birth weight; Carboxylic acids; Childbirth & labor; Cohort analysis; Congenital anomalies; Congenital defect; Congenital defects; Developmental toxicity; Epidemiology; Exposure; Fetuses; Food intake; Fruits; Gestational age; Health risk assessment; Metabolites; Pesticides; Phenoxybenzoic acid; Population studies; Pregnancy; Premature birth; Prenatal experience; Prenatal exposure; Pyrethroid pesticide; Small for gestational age; Toxicity; Urinary metabolite; Pyrethroid pesticide; Urinary metabolite; Birth outcome; Developmental toxicity; Congenital defect; Prenatal exposure

Despite the developmental toxicity reported in animals, few epidemiologic studies have investigated the potential effects of prenatal exposure to pyrethroid pesticides (PYRs) on fetal growth. A birth cohort study was conducted to examine the association between prenatal exposure to PYRs and birth ou...