Epidemiological methods to assess the correlation between industrial contaminants and rates of congenital anomalies

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 489, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 123-145

  Castilla, Eduardo E ^a,b,d   López Camelo, Jorge S ^a,b   Campaña, Hebe ^a,b   Rittler, Monica ^c  

^a ECLAMC: Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations   (United States)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Materno Infantil Ramon Sarda   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Environment; Exposure; Occupations; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; SOLVENT; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ASSOCIATION; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SUBFERTILITY; TERATOGENESIS; TIME;

ABNORMALITIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0035665895     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5742(01)00067-9     Document Type: Review

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