Association between chlorination of drinking water and adverse pregnancy outcome in Taiwan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 765-768

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Cheng, Bi Hua ^b,c   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^a   Lin, Meng Chiao ^d   Lin, Kuo Cherng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Disinfection by products; Drinking water; Infants; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISINFECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0033787151     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108765     Document Type: Article

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