Levels and Determinants of DDT and DDE Exposure in the VHEMBE Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although indoor residual spraying (IRS) is an effective tool for malaria control, its use contributes to high insecticide exposure in sprayed communities and raises concerns about possible unintended health effects.

Objective

The Venda Health Examination of Mothers, Babies and their Environment (VHEMBE) is a birth cohort study initiated in 2012 to characterize prenatal exposure to IRS insecticides and exposures' impacts on child health and development in rural South Africa.

Methods

In this report, we describe the VHEMBE cohort and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) serum concentrations measured in VHEMBE mothers when they presented for delivery. In addition, we applied a causal inference framework to estimate th

SUBMITTER: Gaspar FW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5744723 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature