Risk of congenital anomalies after the opening of landfill sites

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1362-1365

  Palmer, Stephen R ^a   Dunstan, Frank D J ^a   Fielder, Hilary ^a   Fone, David L ^a   Higgs, Gary ^b   Senior, Martyn L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Epidemiology; Landfill; Small area health statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANDFILL; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABNORMALITIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WALES;

EID: 27244448803     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7487     Document Type: Article

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