Down syndrome in births near landfill sites

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1191-1196

  Jarup, Lars ^a   Morris, Sara ^a   Richardson, Sylvia ^a   Briggs, David ^a   Cobley, Norman ^a   De Hoogh, Cornelis ^a   Gorog, Krisztian ^a   Elliott, Paul ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Down syndrome; Hazardous waste; Landfills; Teratogenic chemicals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOGENETICS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; LANDFILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WALES;

EID: 37349083800     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.1873     Document Type: Article

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