Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This research evaluates whether environmental exposures (pesticides and smoke) influence respiratory and allergic outcomes in women living in a tropical, agricultural environment.

Methods

We used data from 266 mothers from the Infants' Environmental Health cohort study in Costa Rica. We evaluated environmental exposures in women by measuring seven pesticide and two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons metabolites in urine samples. We defined 'high exposure' as having a metabolite value in the top 75th percentile. We collected survey data on respiratory and allergic outcomes in mothers as well as on pesticides and other environmental exposures. Using logistic regression models adjusted for obesity, we assessed the associations of pesticide exposure with multiple outcom

SUBMITTER: Alhanti B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198003 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature