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Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: Results from the Infants’ Environmental Health Study (ISA)
(Elsevier, 2019-09)
Early caregiving is one of the strongest influences on children's development, and among the most significant modifiable environmental factor. The aim of this study was to explore the association between quality of ...
Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: results from the Infants’ Environmental Health Study (ISA)
(Elsevier, 2019-06-05)
Early caregiving is one of the strongest influences on children’s development, and among the most significant modifiable environmental factor. The aim of this study was to explore the association between quality of ...
Prenatal pesticide exposure and respiratory health outcomes in the first year of life: Results from the infants’ Environmental Health (ISA) study
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2020-01-29)
Background: Growing evidence suggests that pesticide exposure may influence respiratory health, but data in young children are very limited. We examined the association of prenatal pesticide exposure with lower respiratory ...
Exposure to common-use pesticides, manganese, lead, and thyroidfunction among pregnant women from the Infants' EnvironmentalHealth (ISA) study, Costa Rica
(Elsevier, 2021-10-28)
Background:Pesticides and metals may disrupt thyroid function, which is key to fetal brain development.Objectives:To evaluate if current-use pesticide exposures, lead and excess manganese alter free thyroxine (FT4),freet ...