PATERNAL AND JOINT PARENTAL OCCUPATIONAL PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AND SPINA BIFIDA IN THE NATIONAL BIRTH DEFECTS PREVENTION STUDY 1997-2002

摘要

Objective:Because of persistent concerns over the association between pesticides and spina bifida, we examined the role of paternal occupational pesticide exposure and combined parental occupational pesticide exposures in spina bifida in offspring using data from a large population-based study of birth defects.