This section presents publications and freely downloadable materials from the ISA program.
- Pesticide exposure, birth size, and gestational age in the ISA birth cohort, Costa Rica. van Wendel de Joode, B., Peñaloza-Castañeda, J., Mora, A.M., Corrales-Vargas, A., Eskenazi, B., Hoppin, J. A., Lindh, C. H. 2024. Environmental Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000290. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Prenatal current-use pesticide exposure and children's neurodevelopment at one year of age in the Infants' Environmental Health (ISA) birth cohort, Costa Rica. Conejo-Bolaños, L.D., Mora, M.M., Hernández-Bonilla, D., Camilo Cano, J., Menezes-Filho, J.A., Eskenazi, B., Lindh, C.H., van Wendel de Joode, B. 2024. Environmental Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118222 Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of pesticide-free bags in banana production in Bratsi and Sixaola, Talamanca canton, Costa Rica. Humaña-Rodríguez, H., Arboleda-Julio, E., Díaz-Quesada, M., van Wendel de Joode, B. 2023. Environment & Technology. Vol. 4, No. 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.56205/ret.4-2.3
- Geospatial analysis of buffer zones for aerial pesticide spraying on banana plantations, Costa Rica. Palomo-Cordero, L., Rodríguez-Miranda, R., Hoppin, J. A., van Wendel de Joode, B. 2023. Environment & Technology. Vol. 4, No. 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.56205/ret.4-1.2
- Detection of the fungicide transformation product 4-hydroxychlorothanlonil in serum of pregnant women from Sweden and Costa Rica. Krais, A. M., van Wendel de Joode, B., Rietz, E., Blomberg, A. J., Rönnholm, A., Bengtsson, M., Cano, J. C., Hoppin, J. A., Littorin, M., Nielsen, C., Lindh, C. H. 2023. Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00580-8. PMID: 37474645. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- A cross-sectional analysis of medical conditions and environmental factors associated with fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in women and children from the ISA birth cohort, Costa Rica. Werthman, D., van Wendel de Joode, B., Cuffney, M. T., Reich, B. J., Soto-Matinez, M. E., Corrales-Vargas, A., Palomo-Cordero, L. D., Peñaloza-Castañeda, J., Hoppin, J.A. 2023. Environmental Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116449. PMID: 37356534. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Respiratory and allergic outcomes among 5-year-old children exposed to pesticides. Islam, J. Y., Hoppin, J., Mora, A. M., Soto-, M. E., Gamboa, L. C., Ernesto, J., Castañeda, P., Reich, B., Lindh, C., van Wendel de Joode, B. Thorax. 2022 Feb 24;thoraxjnl-2021-218068. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218068 . [Epub ahaead of print] 2022 PMID: 35210357. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Pyrimethanil and chlorpyrifos air concentrations and pregnant women's urinary metabolites in the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA), Costa Rica. Giffin, A., Hoppin, J. A., Córdoba, L., Solano-Díaz, K., Ruepert, C., Peñaloza-Castañeda, J., Lindh, C., Reich, B. J., & van Wendel de Joode, B. (2022). Environment international, 166, 107328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107328
- Exposure to common-use pesticides, manganese, lead, and thyroid function among pregnant women from the Infants' Environmental Health (ISA) study, Costa Rica. Corrales Vargas, A., Peñaloza Castañeda, J., Rietz Liljedahl, E., Mora, A. M., Menezes-Filho, J. A., Smith, D. R., Mergler, D., Reich, B., Giffin, A., Hoppin, J. A., Lindh, C. H., & van Wendel de Joode, B. Science of the Total Environment. 2022 Mar 1; 810:151288. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151288. [Epub ahaead of print] 2021 PMID: 34756903. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Learning through playful strategies: a tool for Environmental Education. Rodríguez-Miranda, R., Palomo-Cordero, L., Padilla-Mora, M., Corrales-Vargas, A., & Wendel de Joode, B. van. Tropical Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2022 Jan 1; 209-228. doi: https://doi.org/10.15359/rca.56-1.10
- Environmental exposures contribute to respiratory and allergic symptoms among women living in the banana growing regions of Costa Rica. Alhanti, B., van Wendel de Joode, B., Soto Martinez, M., Mora, A. M., Córdoba Gamboa, L., Reich, B., Lindh, C. H., Quirós Lépiz, M., & Hoppin, J. A. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2021 Dec 30; oemed-2021-107611. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-107611. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 34969778. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation) y supplementary material..
- Pesticide risk perceptions among bystanders of aerial spraying on bananas in Costa Rica. Barraza, D., Jansen, K., Wesseling, C., & van Wendel de Joode, B. Environmental Research. 2020 Jul 8; 189:109877. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109877. [Epub ahead print] PMID: 32758674. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation)
- Passive monitoring techniques to evaluate environmental pesticide exposure: Results from the Infant's Environmental Health study (ISA). Córdoba Gamboa L, Solano Diaz K, Ruepert C, van Wendel de Joode B. Environ Res. 2020 Feb 8;184:109243. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109243. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32078818.Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Prenatal pesticide exposure and respiratory health outcomes in the first year of life: Results from the infants' Environmental Health (ISA) study. Mora AM, Hoppin JA, Córdoba L, Cano JC, Soto-Martínez M, Eskenazi B, Lindh CH, van Wendel de Joode B. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2020 Feb 14;225:113474. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2020.113474. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32066110
- Caregiving and infants' neurodevelopment in rural Costa Rica: Results from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA). Till C, Dudani A, Córdoba L, Cano JC, Green R, Menezes-Filho JA, Schnaas L, Smith DR, Lindh CH, van Wendel de Joode B. Neurotoxicology. 2019 Sep;74:100-107. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2019.06.002. Epub 2019 Jun 5. PMID: 31175942 Summary in Spanish .
- Prenatal Mancozeb Exposure, Excess Manganese, and Neurodevelopment at 1 Year of Age in the Infants' Environmental Health (ISA) Study. Mora AM, Córdoba L, Cano JC, Hernández-Bonilla D, Pardo L, Schnaas L, Smith DR, Menezes-Filho JA, Mergler D, Lindh CH, Eskenazi B, van Wendel de Joode B. Environ Health Perspect. 2018 May; 126(5): 057007-1-057007-9. doi: 10.1289/EHP1955. Epub 2016 May 29. Versión en español (traducción no oficial).
- Understanding how access shapes the transformation of ecosystem services to human well-being with an example from Costa Rica. Berbés-Blázquez M, Bunch M.J, Mulvihill, P.R, Peterson G.D, van Wendel de Joode B. Ecosystem Services. 2017 Oct; 28:320-327. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.09.010. Epub 2017 Oct 26. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).).
- Pesticide exposure and neurodevelopment in children aged 6 to 9 years from Talamanca, Costa Rica. 2016. Wendel de Joode, B. Mora, AM. Lindh, Christian H. Hernández-Bonilla, David. Córdoba, L. Wesseling, C. Hoppin, J. Mergler, D. 2016. Sep; 85:137-150. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2016.09.003. Epub 2016 Sep 15. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).).
- Manganese concentrations in drinking water from villages near banana plantations with aerial mancozeb spraying in Costa Rica: Results from the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA). van Wendel de Joode B, Barbeau B, Bouchard MF, Mora AM, Skytt Å, Córdoba L, Quesada R, Lundh T, Lindh CH, Mergler D. Environ Pollut. 2016 Aug;215:247-57. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.015. Epub 2016 May 19. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation)
- Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica. Mora AM, van Wendel de Joode B, Mergler D, Córdoba L, Cano C, Quesada R, Smith DR, Menezes-Filho JA, Eskenazi B. Environ Res. 2015 Jan;136:47-56. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.011. Epub 2015 Jan. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).)
- Aerial application of mancozeb and urinary ethylene thiourea (ETU) concentrations among pregnant women in Costa Rica: the Infants' Environmental Health Study (ISA). van Wendel de Joode B, Mora AM, Córdoba L, Cano JC, Quesada R, Faniband M, Wesseling C, Ruepert C Oberg M, Eskenazi B, Mergler D, Lindh CH. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Dec;122(12):1321-8. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1307679. Epub 2014 Sep 8. Erratum in: Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Dec;122(12):A321. Resumen en Noticias SALTRA. Summary in Spanish . Supporting Information
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- Blood and hair manganese concentrations in pregnant women from the infants' environmental health study (ISA) in Costa Rica. Mora AM, van Wendel de Joode B, Mergler D, Córdoba L, Cano C, Quesada R, Smith DR, Menezes-Filho JA, Lundh T, Lindh CH, Bradman A, Eskenazi B. Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Mar 18;48(6):3467-76. doi: 10.1021/es404279r. Epub 2014 Mar 6. Resumen en Noticias SALTRA. Supporting Information (8 Pages, 3 Tables, 3 Figures)
- Social movements and risk perception: unions, churches, pesticides and bananas in Costa Rica. Barraza D, Jansen K, van Wendel de Joode B, Wesseling C. Int J Occup Environ Health. 2013 Jan-Mar;19(1):11-21. doi: 10.1179/2049396712Y.0000000018. Resumen en inglés. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation). To request the full version of this article please write an email to the main author: Douglas Barraza: Douglas Barraza:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Indigenous children living nearby plantations with chlorpyrifos-treated bags have elevated 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy) urinary concentrations. van Wendel de Joode B, Barraza D, Ruepert C, Mora AM, Córdoba L, Oberg M, Wesseling C, Mergler D, Lindh CH. Environ Res. 2012 Aug;117:17-26. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Pesticide use in banana and plantain production and risk perception among local actors in Talamanca, Costa Rica. Barraza D, Jansen K, van Wendel de Joode B, Wesseling C. Environ Res. 2011 Jul;111(5):708-17. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).
- Pesticide exposure and respiratory health of indigenous women in Costa Rica. Fieten K, Kromhout H, Heederik D, van Wendel de Joode B. Am J of Epidemiology 2009, vol 169, No 12 1500-1506. Summary in Spanish (unofficial translation).