Water chlorination and birth defects

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Magnus, Per ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a   Skrondal, Anders ^a   Alexander, Jan ^b   Becher, Georg ^b   Krogh, Truls ^b   Dybing, Erik ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth registry; Congenital anomalies; Drinking water; Humic content; Water chlorination

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0032765980     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00008     Document Type: Article

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