Organophosphate Urinary Metabolite Levels during Pregnancy, Delivery and Postpartum in Women Living in Agricultural Areas in Thailand

Autor: Punnee Srasom, Kitsiluck Wilaiwan, Prapin Tharnpoophasiam, Pornpimol Kongtip, Susan Woskie, Noppanun Nankongnab, Akkarat Phamonphon
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Occupational Health. 55:367-375
ISSN: 1348-9585
1341-9145
DOI: 10.1539/joh.13-0040-oa
Popis: OBJECTIVE Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides can lead to developmental neurotoxicity. A longitudinal birth cohort was established to investigate pesticide exposures from different agricultural activities. Maternal urinary organophosphate metabolites were measured at 28 weeks of pregnancy (n=86), delivery (n=67) and 2 months postpartum (n=51). METHOD Subjects were interviewed with questionnaires about work, home and behavioral factors potentially associated with pesticide exposures, and spot urine samples were also collected. The urine samples were analyzed for dimethyl phosphate (DMP), diethyl phosphate (DEP), diethyl thiophosphate (DETP) and diethyl dithiophosphate (DEDTP), using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. RESULTS The urinary DMP and dialkyl phosphate (DAP) concentrations at 28 weeks of pregnancy and delivery were not significantly different, but the DMP and DAP concentrations at 28 weeks of pregnancy and DAP concentrations at delivery were significantly different (p
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