title: Correlation between pesticide use in agriculture and adverse birth outcomes in Brazil: an ecological study.
abstract: This ecological study analyzed the association between pesticide use and prematurity, low weight and congenital abnormality at birth, infant death by congenital abnormality, and fetal death in Brazil in 2001. Simple linear regression analysis has determined a positive association between pesticide use and prematurity, low birth weight, and congenital abnormality. The association between pesticide use and low birth weight (p = 0.045) and, congenital abnormality (p = 0.004) and infant death rate by congenital abnormality (p = 0.039) remained after the adjustment made by the proportion of pregnant women with a low number of prenatal care visits.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira, Recife, Brazil. mariliats@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Marília Teixeira
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: de Siqueira
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: José Eulálio
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cabral-Filho
authors.forename: Lia Giraldo da Silva
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Augusto
authors.forename: José Natal
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Figueiroa
authors.forename: Ariani Impieri
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Souza
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000592:standards*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010575:Pesticides