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Effect of Early Life Exposure to Social Adversity and Pesticides on Risk-Taking Behavior of 16-18 Year Olds: the CHAMACOS Study

Grant Number:
Principal Investigator:
Eskenazi, Brenda
Institution:
University of California, Berkeley
Most Recent Award Year:
2016
Lifestage of Participants:
Exposure: Prenatal; Infant (0-1 year); Youth (1-18 years , specifically 1-9 years of age)
Assessment: Youth (1-18 years, specifically 16 and 18 years of age)
Exposures:
Mixtures (mixtures of neurotoxic pesticides):
Non-Chemical Stress: Psychosocial stress (Early life adversity – poverty, maternal depression, household crowding; Protective factors, including family cohesion, parent-adolescent attachment, parental monitoring, and familism as modifying factors)
Pesticides: Organophosphates
Health Outcomes:
Neurological/Cognitive Outcomes: Neurobehavioral outcomes
Biological Sample:
Urine
Environmental Sample:
Air Sample, Dust Sample
Other Participant Data:
Externalizing behaviors (e.g. aggression, oppositional defiance), school failure, delinquency, and criminality; risk-taking (e.g. substance abuse, risky sexual activity, hazardous driving)
Abstract:

Related NIEHS-Funded Study Populations

Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS)

Principal Investigator:
Institution:
University of California, Berkeley
Location:
Salinas, California
Number of Participants::
~600 Mother-infant pairs
Brief Description::
This is a pregnancy study examining the effects, including the cumulative effects, of chemicals and other factors in the environment on children’s health among pregnant women and children living in the Salinas Valley, California. This study has enrolled approximately 600 participants since 1999.
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