Assessing the association between pesticide exposure and cognitive development in rural Costa Rican children living in organic and conventional coffee farms

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-621

  Lu, Chensheng ^a   Essig, Christa ^b   Root, Christa ^b   Rohlman, Diane S ^c   McDonald, Tom ^d   Sulzbacher, Stephen ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

BARS; Children; Cognitive development; Costa Rica; Organophosphate; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COFFEE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; ORGANIC FARMING; PLANTATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77649266243     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2009.21.4.609     Document Type: Article

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