Effect of community of residence on neurobehavioral development in infants and young children in a flower-growing region of Ecuador

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 128-133

  Handal, Alexis J ^a   Lozoff, Betsy ^a   Breilh, Jaime ^b   Harlow, Siobán D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Health Research and Advisory Center (CEAS)   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Child development; Ecuador; Flower industry; Organophosphorus compounds; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CARBAMATE PESTICIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; ALTITUDE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOWERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33845971907     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9261     Document Type: Article

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