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ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 25, Issue S4, Pages 72S-79SPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513496267
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pregnancy; synthetic pyrethroid pesticide; infants; growth and development; neural development
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Antenatal urine of 497 pregnant women was collected in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of a county hospital in Jiaozuo, Henan. The content of the main metabolites of synthetic pyrethroid pesticides in urine were determined. After 1 year, physical development indices of 1-year old infants, such as height, weight, and head and chest circumference, were measured. The neural and mental development of the infants was assessed by the Development Screen Test (DST) scale. We observed that the level of synthetic pyrethroid pesticide exposure was negatively related to the neural and mental development of infants ( = -0.1527, P < 0.05). Therefore, direct or indirect exposure to synthetic pyrethroid pesticides should be avoided during pregnancy.
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