Reproductive outcomes in a population exposed long-term to inorganic selenium via drinking water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Vinceti, Marco ^a   Cann, Cristina Isabel ^b   Calzolari, Elisa ^c   Vivoli, Roberto ^a   Garavelli, Livia ^d   Bergomi, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Birth weight; Drinking water; Environment; Epidemiologic studies; Human; Registries; Reproduction; Selenate; Selenium; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SELENATE; SELENIUM; TAP WATER;

DRINKING WATER; FERTILITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; WATER SUPPLY;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; SELENIUM; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; EMILIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034709127     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00419-2     Document Type: Article

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