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An educational intervention on the risk perception of pesticides exposure and organophosphate metabolites urinary concentrations in rural school children in Maule Region, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Bradman, Asa; Steenland, Kyle; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Calafat, Antonia M.; Ospina, Maria; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Buralli, Rafael J.; Fredes-Monsalve, Claudio; Gutiérrez-Jara, Juan P. (2019)Background: Organophosphate (OP) pesticides can be hazardous to human health if not applied with appropriate precautions. There is evidence in the Maule region of Chile that rural schoolchildren are exposed to OP ...
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its association with heavy metals in children from northern Chile
Muñoz, María Pía; Rubilar, Paola; Valdés, Macarena; Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Gómez, Andrea; Saavedra, Marta; Iglesias, Verónica (2020)Introduction: Exposure to lead and arsenic has been associated with child behavior problems. In Arica, a northern city of Chile, the natural presence of arsenic in water has been registered. Also, the city has a history ...
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Chronic exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides and neuropsychological functioning in farm workers: A review
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Cornejo-Araya, Claudia; Achu-Peralta, Eduardo; Baumert, Brittney; Hanchey, Arianna; Concha, Carlos; Brito, Ana María; Villalobos, Marcos (2016)Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that acute poisoning from exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides in agricultural workers causes adverse health effects. However, neuropsychological and cognitive effects ...
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Exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides and health conditions in agricultural and non-agricultural workers from Maule, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Iglesias, Verónica; Levy, Karen; Muñoz, María Pía; Achu-Peralta, Eduardo; Cornejo-Araya, Claudia; Concha, Carlos; Brito, Ana María; Villalobos, Marcos (2017)The objective was to evaluate the characteristics of exposure to OP pesticides and health status in Chilean farm workers from the Maule Region. An occupational health questionnaire was administered in 207 agricultural and ...
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Health effects of pesticide exposure in latin american and the caribbean populations: a scoping review
Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Hyland, Carly; Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Quiros-Alcala, Lesliam; Butinof, Mariana; Junqueira Buralli, Rafael; Cardenas, Andres; Fernández, Ricardo Antonio; Foerster, Claudia; Gouveia, Nelson; Gutiérrez-Jara, Juan P.; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Muñoz, María Pía; Ramirez, Muriel; Smith, Anna R; Tirado, Noemi; Wendel de Joode, Berna van; Calaf, Gloria M; Handal, Alexis J; Soares da Silva, Agnes; Cortés, Sandra; Mora, Ana Maria (2022)Background: Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that exposure to pesticides is associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the literature on pesticide-related health effects in the Latin American and the ...
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Longitudinal exposure to pyrethroids (3-PBA and trans-DCCA) and 2,4-D herbicide in rural schoolchildren of Maule region, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Gutiérrez-Jara, Juan P.; Buralli, Rafael J.; Zúñiga-Venegas, Liliana A.; Muñoz, María Pía; Vilches-Ponce, Karina; Iglesias, Verónica (2020)Background: Several studies showed that early exposure to pesticides affects the development and health of children. In Maule, there is previous evidence of the high exposure to organophosphate pesticides (OP) of schoolchildren. ...
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Plaguicidas organofosforados y cáncer en Latinoamérica: Evidencia para una discusión bioética
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Antini, Carmen; Lucero, Natalia (2017)Existe evidencia de que la exposición a plaguicidas altamente peligrosos se asocia con el desarrollo de cáncer. Los plaguicidas organofosforados (OP) están dentro de este grupo y son muy utilizados en Latinoamérica. El ...
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Plaguicidas organofosforados y efecto neuropsicológico y motor en la Región del Maule, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Achu-Peralta, Eduardo; Cornejo-Araya, Claudia; Concha, Carlos; Grillo, Angela; Brito, Ana María (2016)Objetivo: Evaluar la exposición a plaguicidas organofosforados y el desempeno˜ neuropsicológico y motor de trabajadores/as agrícolas y no agrícolas de la Región del Maule, Chile. Método: Estudio transversal analítico con ...
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Psychometric validation of a questionnaire to assess perception and knowledge about exposure to pesticides in rural schoolchildren of Maule, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Castillo, Benjamín; Bradman, Asa; Zúñiga, Liliana; Baumert, Brittney; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Buralli, Rafael J.; Antini, Carmen (2021)Exposure to pesticides during infancy is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. The assessment of knowledge and perception of pesticides exposure and risk among children has not been thoroughly studied. The aim ...
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Reliability and factorial validity of a questionnaire to assess organophosphate pesticide exposure to agricultural workers in Maule, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Bradman, Asa; Baumert, Brittney; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía; Concha, Carlos (2019)The aim was to evaluate the reliability and validity of a questionnaire to assess organophosphate pesticide (OP) exposure in agricultural workers. We then enrolled a random sample of 114 agricultural workers from the region ...
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Urinary inorganic arsenic concentration and gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women from Arica, Chile
Muñoz, María Pía; Valdés, Macarena; Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Rubilar, Paola; Pino, Paulina; Iglesias, Verónica (2018)Introduction: The association of total arsenic exposure with impaired glucose tolerance and gestational diabetes has been shown; however, evidence regarding urinary inorganic arsenic in pregnant women is still limited. Our ...
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Vías de exposición a plaguicidas en escolares de la Provincia de Talca, Chile
Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero-Mondaca, Boris; Iglesias, Verónica; Muñoz, María Pía (2014)Objetivo: Describir la concentración de plaguicidas en diferentes matrices ambientales en dos períodos de tiempo (baja y alta producción agrícola local) y estimar la asociación entre la presencia de residuos de plaguicidas ...