Reproductive and developmental effects of disinfection by-products in drinking water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1056-1061

  Reif, John S ^a   Hatch, Maureen C ^b,h   Bracken, Michael ^c   Holmes, Lewis B ^d   Schwetz, Bernard A ^e,i   Singer, Philip C ^f   Robinson, D ^g  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^h MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Chlorination; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Low birth weight; Prematurity; Reproduction; Teratogens; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BATH; BIRTH DEFECT; CHLORINATION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCEPTION; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS;

EID: 0029905141     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041056     Document Type: Review

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