Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides and risk-taking behaviors in early adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous studies show evidence for associations of prenatal exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides with poorer childhood neurodevelopment. As children grow older, poorer cognition, executive function, and school performance can give rise to risk-taking behaviors, including substance abuse, delinquency, and violent acts. We investigated whether prenatal OP exposure was associated with these risk-taking behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood in a Mexican American cohort.

Methods

We measured urinary dialkyl phosphates (DAPs), non-specific metabolites of OPs, twice (13 and 26 weeks gestation) in pregnant women recruited in 1999-2000 in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) study, a birth cohort set in a primari

SUBMITTER: Sagiv SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751255 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature