Agricultural chemical exposures and birth defects in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: A case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Heeren, Gudrun A ^a,c   Tyler, Joanne ^b   Mandeya, Andrew ^b  

^a Cecilia Makiwane Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CAMPECHLOR; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CHEMICAL TERATOGEN; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REGISTER; RISK; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DANGEROUS GOODS; HEALTH; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ACARI;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 3042689429     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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