Association between prenatal exposure to multiple insecticides and child body weight and body composition in the VHEMBE South African birth cohort.

ABSTRACT: Background: Pregnant women may be co-exposed to multiple insecticides in regions where both pyrethroids and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) are used for indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control. Despite the potential for adverse effects on offspring, there are few studies in areas where IRS is currently used and little is known about the effects of pyrethroids on children's health.

Methods: We investigated the relationship between concentrations of four urinary pyrethroid metabolites in urine and organochlorine pesticide concentrations in maternal blood collected near delivery on body weight and body composition among children ≤2 years old participating in the prospective South Africa VHEMBE birth cohort (N = 708). We used measurements of length/height

SUBMITTER: Coker E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866210 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature