Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine

Sarah Birn BS

Publications

• Research Article
  Analysis of House Dust and Children's Hair for Pesticides: A Comparison of Markers of Ongoing Pesticide Exposure in Children
  Author(s): Enrique M. Ostrea, Esterlita Villanueva-Uy, Dawn Bielawski, Sarah Birn BS and James J. JanisseEnrique M. Ostrea, Esterlita Villanueva-Uy, Dawn Bielawski, Sarah Birn BS and James J. Janisse
  
  Background/Aim: The long term study of the adverse effects of pesticides on child neuro development requires monitoring not only of initial, but ongoing pesticide exposure. Our aim was to compare house dust and children’s hair as environmental and biological markers of ongoing pesticide exposure in children. Design/Methods: In a continuing NIH study on the adverse effects of prenatal pesticide exposure on child neurodevelopment, ongoing pesticide exposure after birth was measured in swept house dust and hair in the children at 4 years of age for propoxur and pyrethroids (transfluthrin, bioallethrin, cyfluthrin and cypermethrin) by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The prevalence and concentration of pesticides in the two matrices were compared. Results: Prevalence of pro.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-593X.1000054

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