Association between trihalomethane concentrations in drinking water and adverse pregnancy outcome in Taiwan

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 390-395

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Xiao, Zhi Ping ^a   Ho, Shu Chen ^a   Wu, Trong Neng ^b   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorination; Disinfection by product; Drinking water; Low birth weight; Total trihalomethanes

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TRIHALOMETHANES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34249862394     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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