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Pyrethroid pesticide exposure and parental report of learning disability and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in U.S. children: NHANES 1999–2002 [1]

Usage of pyrethroid insecticides has increased dramatically over the past decade; however, data on their potential health effects, particularly on children, are limited. The researchers examined the cross-sectional association between postnatal pyrethroid exposure and parental report of learning disability (LD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children 6-15 years of age.

Publication Date: 
05/09/2014
Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá [2], Suril Mehta [3], Brenda Eskenazi [4]
Environmental Health Perspectives [5]
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Pesticide Use [6], Health Effects [7], Child Health [8], United States Of America (US) [9], Neurology [10]
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