Exposure of pregnant women to tap water related activities

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 454-460

  Kaur, S ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, M J ^a   Ferrier, H ^a   Steer, P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; COOKING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWIMMING; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2442567834     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.007351     Document Type: Article

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