Elevated birth defects in racial or ethnic minority children of women living near hazardous waste sites

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-27

  Orr, Maureen ^a   Bove, Frank ^a   Kaye, Wendy ^a   Stone, Melanie ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Hazardous waste; Minority populations; National Priorities List; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHROMIUM; CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FERTILIZER; FLUOROCARBON; HEAVY METAL; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; LEAD; MERCURY; NITRATE; NITRITE; PESTICIDE; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIUM; RADON; SELENIUM; SODIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036216918     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00126     Document Type: Article

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