Pyrethroid pesticide exposure and parental report of learning disability and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in U.S. children: NHANES 1999–2002

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1336-1342

  Quirós Alcalá, Lesliam ^a   Mehta, Suril ^b   Eskenazi, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; ALLETHRIN; CIS (2,2 DICHLOROVINYL) 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; CREATININE; CYHALOTHRIN; CYPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; FENPROPATHRIN; FENVALERATE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; RESMETHRIN; TRALOMETHRIN; TRANS (2,2 DICHLOROVINYL) 2,2 DIMETHYLCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD HEALTH CARE; LEARNING DISORDERS; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LEARNING DISORDERS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PERMETHRIN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930942625     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1308031     Document Type: Article

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