Corpus ID: 130003464

Tendências de agravos crônicos à saúde associados a agrotóxicos em região de fruticultura no Ceará, Brasil Trends of chronic health effects associated to pesticide use in fruit farming regions in the state of Ceará, Brazil

@inproceedings{Rigotto2013TendnciasDA,
  title={Tend{\^e}ncias de agravos cr{\^o}nicos {\`a} sa{\'u}de associados a agrot{\'o}xicos em regi{\~a}o de fruticultura no Cear{\'a}, Brasil Trends of chronic health effects associated to pesticide use in fruit farming regions in the state of Cear{\'a}, Brazil},
  author={R. Rigotto and Ageo M{\'a}rio and C. Silva and M. José and M. J. Ferreira and I. F. Rosa and A. Cristina and P. Aguiar},
  year={2013}
}

R. Rigotto, Ageo Mário, +5 authors P. Aguiar

Published 2013

Geography

Abstract The lower valley of Jaguaribe has registered, since the XXI century, the arrival of transnational and regional companies, which led to deep transformations in this region. The increased use of the pesticides is one of the most important ones, being able to cause alterations in human procreation and leading to congenital deformations, besides premature birth and low weight newborns. This article is an ecological study related to the period from 2000 to 2010 in the population of some… CONTINUE READING

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