Congenital abnormalities and indicators of germinal mutations in the vicinity of an acrylonitrile producing factory

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 427, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-123

  Czeizel, Andrew E ^a   Hegedüs, Susan ^a   Tímár, László ^a  

^a WHO Collaborating Ctr Comm C   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acrylonitrile; Cluster of congenital abnormalities; Congenital abnormality; Environmental mutation epidemiology; Indicator condition of germinal mutation; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE;

ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CRYPTORCHISM; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDACTYLY;

ABNORMALITIES; ACRYLONITRILE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLEFT LIP; CLUBFOOT; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DOWN SYNDROME; FUNNEL CHEST; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0033045217     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(99)00090-1     Document Type: Article

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