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    • Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA) 

      van Wendel de Joode, Berna; Mora, Ana Maria; Cordoba, Leonel; Cano, Juan Camilo; Quesada, Rosario; Faniband, Moosa; Wesseling, Catharina; Ruepert, Clemens; Öberg, Mattias; Eskenazi, Brenda; Mergler, Donna; Lindh, Christian (Environmental Health Perspectives, 2014-12-01)
      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 ...
    • Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: Results from the Infants’ Environmental Health Study (ISA) 

      Till, Christine; Dudani, Ameeta; Cordoba, Leonel; Cano, Juan Camilo; Green, Rivka; Menezes-Filho, José; Schnaas, Lourdes; Smith, Donald R.; Lindh, Christian; van Wendel de Joode, Berna (Elsevier, 2019-09)
      Early caregiving is one of the strongest influences on children's development, and among the most significant modifiable environmental factor. The aim of this study was to explore the association between quality of ...
    • Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: results from the Infants’ Environmental Health Study (ISA) 

      Till, Christine; Dudani, Ameeta; Cordoba, Leonel; Cano, Juan Camilo; Green, Rivka; Menezes-Filho, José A.; Schnaas, Lourdes; Smith, Donald R.; Lindh, Christian; van Wendel de Joode, Berna (Elsevier, 2019-06-05)
      Early caregiving is one of the strongest influences on children’s development, and among the most significant modifiable environmental factor. The aim of this study was to explore the association between quality of ...
    • Manganese in teeth and neurodevelopment in young Mexican-American children 

      Gunier, Robert; Arora, Manish; jerrett, michael; Bradman, Asa; Harley, Kim; Mora, Ana Maria; Kogut, Katherine; Hubbard, Alan; Austin, Christine; Holland, Nina; Eskenazi, Brenda (Elsevier, 2015-10)
      Introduction: Manganese (Mn) is an essential nutrient but higher exposure has been associated with poorer neurodevelopment in children. Methods: We measured Mn levels in prenatal (Mnpre) (n=197) and postnatal (Mnpost) ...
    • Prenatal DDT and DDE exposure and child IQ in the CHAMACOS cohort 

      Gaspar, Fraser; Harley, Kim; Kogut, Katherine; Chevrier, Jonathan; Mora, Ana Maria; Sjödin, Andreas; Eskenazi, Brenda (Elsevier, 2015-12)
      Although banned in most countries, dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) continues to be used for vector control in some malaria endemic areas. Previous findings from the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and ...
    • Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Neurodevelopment in the CHAMACOS Cohort 

      Hyland, Carly; Mora, Ana Maria; Kogut, Katherine; Calafat, Antonia; Harley, Kim; Deardorff, Julianna; Holland, Nina; Eskenazi, Brenda; Sagiv, Sharon (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019-10-25)
      Background: Previous studies suggest that prenatal exposure to phthalates, ubiquitous synthetic chemicals, may adversely affect neurodevelopment. However, data are limited on how phthalates affect cognition, executive ...