Maternal pesticide exposure from multiple sources and selected congenital anomalies

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Wasserman, Cathy R ^b   O'Malley, Cynthia D ^c   Nelson, Verne ^a,c   Jackson, Richard J ^d  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Chemicals; Congenital anomalies; Environment; Pregnancy; Spina bifida; Teratogen

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LIMB MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032959529     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199901000-00011     Document Type: Article

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