Association of in utero organophosphate pesticide exposure and fetal growth and length of gestation in an agricultural population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1116-1124

  Eskenazi, Brenda ^a   Harley, Kim ^a   Bradman, Asa ^a   Weltzien, Erin ^a   Jewell, Nicholas P ^a   Barr, Dana B ^b   Furlong, Clement E ^c   Holland, Nina T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Birth weight; Cholinesterase; Dialkyl phosphates; Fetal growth; Gestational age; Organophosphates; Pesticides; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHOLINESTERASE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; MALATHION; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; METABOLITE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 3543111510     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6789     Document Type: Article

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