Re: "Association of transposition of the great arteries in infants with maternal exposures to herbicides and rodenticides"

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 858-

  James, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIBROMOCHLOROPROPANE; DIOXIN; HERBICIDE; HORMONE; RODENTICIDE;

HERBICIDE; MATERNAL HEALTH;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; RISK FACTOR;

FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RODENTICIDES; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS;

EID: 0037740020     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg069     Document Type: Letter

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