An investigation of unexplained infant deaths in houses contaminated with methyl parathion

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2002, Pages 1053-1056

  Wasley, Annemarie ^a   Lepine, Lisa A ^b   Jenkins, Roland ^c   Rubin, Carol ^d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ohio Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Infants; Methyl parathion; Organophosphate; Pesticides; SIDS; Sudden infant death syndrome

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARATHION METHYL;

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036996442     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s61053     Document Type: Review

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