1. Malformações congênitas em regiões de monocultivo no estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil
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Lidiane Silva Dutra and Aldo Pacheco Ferreira
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Congenital Abnormalities. Agrochemicals. Environmental Exposure. Endocrine Disruptors. ,Medicine - Abstract
Objective: to analyze the association between the use of agrochemicals and congenital malformations in municipalities with greater exposure, as well as to evaluate the nature of the correlation between the trend observed and the volume of agrochemicals considered as endocrine disruptors in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, between 1994 and 2014. Model Study: Cross-sectional study, exploratory, descriptive and quantitative character. Method: Rates of malformations for the periods 1994-2003 and 2004-2014 were calculated from the information on live births available at SINASC/Ministry of Health. Odds Ratio tested the association between types of malformations and variables for each variable separately. The significance was set at p
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- 2017
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