CHAMACOS

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CHAMACOSCenter for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas
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Between October 1999 and October 2000, we enrolled 601 pregnant women as part of the CHAMACOS study.
Prenatal residential proximity to agricultural pesticide use and IQ in 7-year-old children
To look at the preliminary findings of the CHAMACOS study, check out bit.
Pesticide exposure and childhood development
Other CHAMACOS studies have also revealed links between flame retardant concentrations in mothers' blood and decreased fertility, lower birthweight babies and changes in thyroid hormone levels, even after controlling for exposure to pesticides and other environmental chemicals.
Flame Retardants: Neurodevelopmental Delays
To explore relationships between prenatal OP exposure and birth outcomes and potential modification by the PON1 genotype and race/ethnicity, we pooled data from four previously published longitudinal studies--the CHAMACOS, HOME, Columbia, and Mount Sinai cohorts.
Prenatal exposure to organophosphorous pesticides and fetal growth: pooled results from four longitudinal birth cohort studies
In CHAMACOS, women who personally laundered agricultural work clothes had 2-42% significantly higher serum levels of DDT and HCH than women who did not, but this association was not significant after adjusting for living in Mexico, where DDT had been widely used (Bradman et al.
A review of nonoccupational pathways for pesticide exposure in women living in agricultural areas
Because maternal pregnancy PBDE serum concentrations have previously shown associations with TSH in CHAMACOS participants (Chevrier et al.
In utero and childhood polybrominated diphenyl ether exposures and body mass at age 7 years: the CHAMACOS study
Table 1 presents maternal and child characteristics of the CHAMACOS birth cohort by obesity status at 7 years of age.
In utero DDT and DDE exposure and obesity status of 7-Year-Old Mexican-American children in the CHAMACOS cohort
Detailed methods about the CHAMACOS study are described elsewhere (Eskenazi et al.
A comparison of PBDE serum concentrations in Mexican and Mexican-American children living in California
The CHAMACOS study is a community/university partnership.
Prenatal exposure to Organophosphate pesticides and IQ in 7-year-old children
PBDE serum concentrations in the CHAMACOS population (Chevrier et al.
PBDE flame retardants and thyroid hormones: Chevrier et al. respond
We also observed associations between maternal DAP levels during pregnancy, particularly dimethyl phosphates (DMs; resulting from exposure to DM pesticides), and CHAMACOS 2-year-olds' mental development as assessed on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development (Bayley 1993).
PON1 and neurodevelopment in Children from the CHAMACOS study exposed to organophosphate pesticides in utero
To understand the impact of the women's regional environment on these findings, they compared metabolite concentrations from the CHAMACOS cohort with U.
Pesticide exposures in pregnant women
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