Trihalomethanes in drinking water and spontaneous abortion

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-140

  Waller, Kirsten ^a   Swan, Shanna H ^a   DeLorenze, Gerald ^a   Hopkins, Barbara ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromodichloromethane; Bromoform; Chlorina tion disinfection byproducts; Chlorodibromomethane; Chloroform; Drinking water; Spontaneous abortion; Trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031944826     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199803000-00006     Document Type: Article

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