Urinary biomarkers of exposure to insecticides, herbicides, and one insect repellent among pregnant women in Puerto Rico

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lewis, Ryan C ^a   Cantonwine, David E ^b   Del Toro, Liza V Anzalota ^c   Calafat, Antonia M ^d   Valentin Blasini, Liza ^d   Davis, Mark D ^d   Baker, Samuel E ^d   Alshawabkeh, Akram N ^e   Cordero, José F ^c   Meeker, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Pesticides; Pregnancy; Urine; Women

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 3 DIETHYL CARBAMOYL BENZOIC ACID; 3 PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 FLUORO 3 PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CIS 3 (2,2 DIBROMOVINYL) 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; N,N DIETHYL 3 HYDROXYMETHYLBENZAMIDE; TRANS 3 (2,2 DICHLOROVINYL) 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE CARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; N,N-DIETHYL-3-HYDROXYMETHYLBENZAMIDE; POLLUTANT; PYRETHROID;

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PREGNANCY; REPELLENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URINE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLARD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LEGUME; MARRIED PERSON; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SPINACH; UNEMPLOYMENT; URINE LEVEL; VEGETABLE; ADOLESCENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. VIRIDIS; HEXAPODA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DEET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECTICIDES; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREGNANCY; PUERTO RICO; PYRETHRINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925733780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-97     Document Type: Article

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