Adverse pregnancy outcomes in a population exposed to the emissions of a municipal waste incinerator

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Vinceti, Marco ^a   Malagoli, Carlotta ^a   Teggi, Sergio ^b   Fabbi, Sara ^b   Goldoni, Carlo ^c   De Girolamo, Gianfranco ^c   Ferrari, Paola ^d   Astolfi, Gianni ^e   Rivieri, Francesca ^d   Bergomi, Margherita ^a  

^a CREAGEN Environmental   (Italy)

^b Surveying and Environmental Monitoring   (Italy)

^c Azienda Local Health Unit of Modena   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^e S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Cohort study; Environmental pollution; Spontaneous abortion; Waste incineration

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AIR POLLUTION; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH RISKS; INCINERATION; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOLID WASTES;

BIRTH DEFECTS; COHORT STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIBENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE WORKERS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATORS; NORTHERN ITALY; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; RELATIVE RISKS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ABORTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIBENZOFURAN; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCINERATION; ITALY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; ITALY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MODENA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 56249093436     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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