Nicolle S. Tulve

TL;DR: The results suggest that children are less likely to place objects into their mouths as they age, and changes in mouthing behavior as a child ages should be accounted for when assessing aggregate exposure to pesticides in the residential environment.

TL;DR: Pesticide hand loadings obtained following the videotaping sessions were associated with pesticide levels on surfaces and toys, but not with air levels, and were also associated with the number of locations where the children exhibited object-to-mouth behavior and with children's use of house space during the videotaped sessions.

TL;DR: Residence times for a suite of SVOCs are calculated using a fugacity model applied to residential environments and decreases in chlorpyrifos air concentrations over a one-year period are determined.

TL;DR: A wide variety of pesticide active ingredients were measured in these nine homes at median concentrations that were often higher than reported previously in similar studies, highlighting the need for additional observational studies in regions where pesticides are used in order to understand the factors that affect young children's exposures.

TL;DR: It is observed that chemical (lead [Pb], phthalates/plasticizers, persistent organic pollutants, and cigarette smoke) exposure is significantly related to ADHD in children and that existing literature examining the interaction between MAOA, exposures to chemical stressors, and traumatic experiences and their effect on ADHD outcomes is sparse.