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Brazil is one of the major global consumers of pesticides and exposure to these substances can affect fetal growth.To estimate the correlation between pesticide sales in 1996 and the prevalence of low birth weight during the period 1996–1998 in Brazil.This ecological study employed secondary data aggregated at the level of Brazilian micro-regions (cluster of cities). Prevalence of low birth weight...