Drinking water source and spontaneous abortion: A cross-sectional study in a rural Chinese population

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 164-169

  Cho, Sung Il ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Yang, Jianhua ^b   Chen, Changzhong ^a   Padungtod, Chantana ^a   Ryan, Louise ^c   Christiani, David C ^a   Xu, Xiping ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Anhui MEIZHONG Inst Biomed Sci E   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Drinking water; Epidemiology; Pond water; Spontaneous abortion; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033160544     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1999.5.3.164     Document Type: Article

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