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Association Between Pesticide Residue Intake From Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment With Assisted Reproductive Technology

Yu-Han Chiu; Paige L. Williams; Matthew W. Gillman; et al.

JAMA Internal Medicine · 2018

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Key measures

Urinary pesticide metabolite concentrations; fruit and vegetable intake (servings/day or dietary recall); pesticide exposure estimates

Outcomes reported

The study examined the extent to which fruit and vegetable consumption contributes to dietary pesticide exposure among pregnant women, likely assessing urinary biomarkers of organophosphate or other pesticide metabolites in relation to reported dietary intake.

Theme
Nutrition & health
Subject
Pesticides, contaminants & food safety
Study type
Research
Study design
Observational cohort
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
United States
System type
Human clinical
DOI
10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5038
Catalogue ID
XL0942

Topic tags

pesticide biomonitoringpregnancy exposureproduce consumptionorganically grown producedevelopmental effectsdietary assessment
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