Urban versus rural residence and occurrence of septal heart defects in Texas

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 764-772

  Langlois, Peter H ^a   Scheuerle, Angela ^b   Horel, Scott A ^c   Carozza, Susan E ^c  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b Tesserae Genetics Texas   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Detection bias; Heart defects; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349179249     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20586     Document Type: Article

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