Maternal Exposures to Hazardous Waste Sites and Industrial Facilities and Risk of Neural Tube Defects in Offspring

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 772-777

  Suarez, Lucina ^a   Brender, Jean D ^a   Langlois, Peter H ^a   Zhan, F Benjamin ^a   Moody, Karen ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems; Hazardous Waste; Heavy Metals; Neural Tube Defects; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS;

EID: 34548592059     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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