Ozone and other air pollutants and the risk of oral clefts

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1411-1415

  Hwang, Bing Fang ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^b,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cleft lip; Ozone; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; TAIWAN;

EID: 55949122807     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11311     Document Type: Article

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