Pesticides And Toxins

Comparison of current-use pesticide and other toxicant urinary metabolite levels among pregnant women in the CHAMACOS Cohort

Few studies have investigated maternal exposures during pregnancy to pesticides currently in use. Castorina et al. measured metabolites of current-use pesticides and other precursor compounds in urine samples collected twice during pregnancy from 538 California women enrolled in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) cohort.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Rosemary Castorina, Asa Bradman, Laura Fenster & et al
Environmental Health Perspectives
14
22
856
Tags:
Agriculture, Health Effects, Women, Maternal Health, Occupational Health, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Use, California, Environmental Health Perspectives, Rosemary Castorina, Asa Bradman, Laura Fenster & et al