Pre- and post-conception pesticide exposure and the risk of birth defects in an Ontario farm population

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-480

  Weselak, Mandy ^a,b   Arbuckle, Tye E ^a,b   Wigle, Donald T ^a   Walker, Mark C ^c   Krewski, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Critical window; Cyanazine; Dicamba; Fungicide; Insecticide; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

CYANAZINE; DICAMBA; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CANADA; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DICAMBA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; RISK; TRIAZINES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47249093609     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2008.05.060     Document Type: Article

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