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Title Residential pesticide use during pregnancy among a cohort of urban minority women.
Author Whyatt RM, Camann DE, Kinney PL et al.
Date 2002
Description Pregnant African-American and Dominican women in Manhattan and the South Bronx competed questionnaires on their pesticide usage in the home. The authors also measured pesticide levels in the personal air quality of a subset of women. The authors concluded that pesticide use was high among this cohort and may exceed safe exposure levels.
Keywords housing, pesticides, urban health
URL http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12003754
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