A study of the impact of agricultural pesticide use on the prevalence of birth defects in northeast Italy

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Clementi, Maurizio ^a   Causin, Roberto ^b   Marzocchi, Cinzia ^a   Mantovani, Alberto ^c   Tenconi, Romano ^a  

^a Dipartimento Pediatria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth defects; EDC; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Epidemiology; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; AGROCHEMICALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

EID: 34447284789     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.04.066     Document Type: Article

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