Spatial distribution of orofacial cleft defect births in Harris County, Texas, 1990 to 1994, and historical evidence for the presence of low-level radioactivity in tap water

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 560-569

  Cech, Irina ^a   Burau, Keith D ^a   Walston, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Geographic information system (GIS) methods; Low level radiation; Orofacial cleft

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH RATE; CLEFT FACE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR;

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIUM; RADON; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING; TEXAS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34250735009     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31802f7d38     Document Type: Article

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