A hospital-based case-control study of stillbirths and environmental exposure to arsenic using an atmospheric dispersion model linked to a geographical information system

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 290-294

  Ihrig, Melanie M ^a,b   Shalat, Stuart L ^a,c,f   Baynes, Colin ^d,e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d CJB Air Quality Management   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Environment; Geographical information system; Pesticides; Reproduction; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0031925199     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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