Open AccessNeurobehavioral Deficits and Increased Blood Pressure in School-Age Children Prenatally Exposed to Pesticides
Author(s) -
Raúl Harari,
Jordi Júlvez,
Katsuyuki Murata,
Dana Boyd Barr,
David C. Bellinger,
Fróði Debes,
Philippe Grandjean
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.0901582
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , pesticide , pediatrics , physiology , environmental health , toxicology , biology , agronomy
The long-term neurotoxicity risks caused by prenatal exposures to pesticides are unclear, but a previous pilot study of Ecuadorian school children suggested that blood pressure and visuospatial processing may be vulnerable.
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