Effect of Community of Residence on Neurobehavioral Development in Infants and Young Children in a Flower-Growing Region of Ecuador
In this study we compared neurobehavioral development in Ecuadoran children living in two communities with high potential for exposure to organophosphate (OP) and carbamate pesticides to that of children living in a community with low potential for exposure. Residence in communities with high potent...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2007 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uasb.edu.ec:10644/3277 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10644/3277 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | DESARROLLO DEL NIÑO FLORICULTURA CONTAMINACIÓN POR PLAGUICIDAS ESTUDIOS DE CASOS |
| Sumario: | In this study we compared neurobehavioral development in Ecuadoran children living in two communities with high potential for exposure to organophosphate (OP) and carbamate pesticides to that of children living in a community with low potential for exposure. Residence in communities with high potential for exposure to OP and carbamate pesticides was associated with poorer neurobehavioral development of the child even after controlling for major determinants of delayed development. Malnourished populations may be particularly vulnerable to neurobehavioral effects of pesticide exposure. |
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