Adverse Associations of both Prenatal and Postnatal Exposure to Organophosphorous Pesticides with Infant Neurodevelopment in an Agricultural Area of Jiangsu Province, China

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 124; no. 10; pp. 1637 - 1643
• Main Authors: Liu, Ping, Wu, Chunhua, Chang, Xiuli, Qi, Xiaojuan, Zheng, Minglan, Zhou, Zhijun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.10.2016
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Babies; Birth weight; Child development; Children; Children & youth; Children's Health; Creatinine; Developing countries; Exposure; Health aspects; Health risk assessment; Infants; LDCs; Maternal & child health; Metabolites; Organic phosphorus compounds; Parent educational background; Pediatrics; Pesticides; Prenatal influences; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Sample size; Studies; Toxicity; Urine; China; INW, China, People's Rep., Jiangsu Prov

Prenatal exposure to organophosphorous (OP) pesticides has been found to be associated with adverse effects on child neurodevelopment, but evidence on potential effects induced by both prenatal and postnatal OP exposure in infants is limited. Our aim was to investigate the associations of both prena...