Drinking water disinfection by-products and time to pregnancy

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 451-458

  MacLehose, Richard F ^a   Savitz, David A ^b   Herring, Amy H ^c,d   Hartmann, Katherine E ^c   Singer, Philip C ^c   Weinberg, Howard S ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; DISINFECTION; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIHALOMETHANES; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 42149154772     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31816a23eb     Document Type: Article

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