Risk of malformations associated with residential proximity to hazardous waste sites in Washington State

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Kuehn, Carrie M ^a   Mueller, Beth A ^a,b   Checkoway, Harvey ^a   Williams, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificates; Birth defects; GIS; Hazardous waste; Malformations

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CHILDBEARING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WASTELAND;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33846820042     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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