Trichloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and congenital heart defects: A critical analysis of the literature

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-147

  Watson, Rebecca E ^a   Jacobson, Catherine F ^a   Williams, Amy Lavin ^a   Howard, W Brian ^b   DeSesso, John M ^a  

^a NOBLIS   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac defects; Congenital heart defects; Developmental processes; Developmental toxicity; Epidemiology; Trichloroethylene; Water contaminants

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GESTATION PERIOD; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30644462309     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.07.013     Document Type: Review

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