Correlation between pesticide use in agriculture and adverse birth outcomes in Brazil: An ecological study

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-651

  De Siqueira, Marília Teixeira ^a,b,c   Braga, Cynthia ^a,d   Cabral Filho, José Eulálio ^a   Augusto, Lia Giraldo Da Silva ^b,d   Figueiroa, José Natal ^a   Souza, Ariani Impieri ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Secretaria de Saude do Estado de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth defect; Birth weight; Pesticides; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEATH RATES; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; LOW WEIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRETERM BIRTH; SIMPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE; BRAZIL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 77954425644     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0027-8     Document Type: Article

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