Water Chlorination and Birth Defects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Hwang, Bing Fang ^a,b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DIWAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Chlorination byproducts; Chlorine; Meta analysis; Water chlorination

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECT; CALCULATION; CHLORINATION; CLEFT LIP FACE PALATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION;

EID: 0038299270     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.2.83-91     Document Type: Article

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