Estimated effects of disinfection by-products on preterm birth in a population served by a single water utility

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 290-295

  Lewis, Chad ^a,d   Suffet, Irwin H ^a   Hoggatt, Katherine ^b   Ritz, Beate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Environmental exposure; Pregnancy second trimester; Preterm birth; Selective fetal loss; Trihalomethanes; Water

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33847066317     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9394     Document Type: Article

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