Intrauterine growth retardation in Iowa communities with herbicide-contaminated drinking water supplies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 308-314

  Munger, Ronald ^a,d   Isacson, Peter ^a   Hu, Song ^a   Burns, Trudy ^a   Hanson, James ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^a   Cherryholmes, Keith ^a   Van Dorpe, Paul ^c   Hausler Jr , William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Geological Survey Bureau   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Cyanazine; Epidemiology; Herbicide; Intrauterine growth retardation; Metolachlor; Pesticide; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; CYANAZINE; DRINKING WATER; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; TRIAZINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030991344     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105308     Document Type: Article

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