Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica.
Brooke AlhantiBerna van Wendel de JoodeManuel E Soto-MartinezAna M MoraLeonel Córdoba GamboaBrian ReichChristian H LindhMarcela Quirós LépizJane A HoppinPublished in: Occupational and environmental medicine (2021)
While limited by sample size, these findings suggest that environmental exposure to both pesticides and smoke may impact respiratory and skin-related allergic outcomes in women.
Keyphrases
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- human health
- risk assessment
- cervical cancer screening
- allergic rhinitis
- breast cancer risk
- air pollution
- life cycle
- respiratory tract
- pregnant women
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- climate change
- depressive symptoms
- adipose tissue
- mass spectrometry
- wound healing
- sleep quality
- gas chromatography
- physical activity
- weight loss
- tandem mass spectrometry