EARLY ABORTIONS AND CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS: COMPARISON BETWEEN AGRICULTURAL AND NON-AGRICULTURAL AREAS IN THE STATE OF SÃO PAULO / BRAZIL.
Isabel de Fátima Alvim BragaEliana Napoleão Cozendey-SilvaLaila Zelkcovicz ErtlerThiago Goncalves Dos Santos MartinsSabrina da Silva SantosBruno de Avilla da Fonseca E SilvaLia Roque AssumpçãoWilliam WaissmannPublished in: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine (2023)
The study suggests that areas with higher use of pesticides has higher rates of abortion and fetal malformations than the others, requiring further observational studies, reducing confounders inherent to the ecological study.