Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides and IQ in 7-Year-Old Children

F. Bouchard, Maryse; Chevrier, Jonathan; G. Harley, Kim; Kogut, Katherine; Vedar, Michelle; Calderon, Norma; Trujillo, Celina; Johnson, Caroline; Bradman, Asa; Boyd Barr, Dana; Eskenazi, Brenda

doi:10.1289/ehp.1003185

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Prenatal Exposure to Organophosphate Pesticides and IQ in 7-Year-Old Children

Published in Environmental Health Perspectives • Apr 20, 2011

Authors:

Maryse F. Bouchard

Jonathan Chevrier

Kim G. Harley

Abstract

CONTEXT: Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are neurotoxic at high doses. Few studies have examined whether chronic exposure at lower levels could adversely affect children's cognitive development. OBJECTIVE: We examined associations between prenatal and postnatal exposure to OP pesticides and cognitiv...

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Intelligence quotient

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Pregnancy

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