Predictors of use and consumption of public drinking water among pregnant women

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-169

  Forssén, Ulla M ^a,b   Herring, Amy H ^a   Savitz, David A ^c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^d   Murphy, Patricia A ^e   Singer, Philip C ^a   Wright, J Michael ^e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Drinking water; Exposure assessment; Pregnant women; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NEGRO; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISINFECTANTS; DRINKING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34047189755     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500488     Document Type: Article

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