Population-based study of L-transposition of the great arteries: Possible associations with environmental factors

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 162-167

  Kuehl, Karen S ^a,c   Loffredo, Christopher A ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HAIR DYE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARYLAND; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0141960447     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.10015     Document Type: Article

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