Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA).
Background: Mancozeb and its main metabolite ethylene thiourea (ETU) may alter thyroid function; thyroid hormones are essential for fetal brain development. In Costa Rica, mancozeb is aerially sprayed at large-scale banana plantations on a weekly basis. Objectives: Our goals were to evaluate urin...
| Autores Principales: | van Wendel de Joode, Berna, Mora, Ana María, Córdoba, Leonel, Cano, Camilo, Quesada, Rosario, Faniband, Moosa, Wesseling, Catharina, Ruepert, Clemens, Oberg, Mathias, Eskenazi, Brenda, Mergler, Donna, Lindh, Christian |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Research: Children´s health
2016
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/13215 |