Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of congenital anomalies: A retrospective cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Weinberg, Janice M ^a   Janulewicz, Patricia A ^a   Gallagher, Lisa G ^a   Winter, Michael R ^a   Vieira, Veronica M ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   Ozonoff, David M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOFTWARE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 74049162922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-44     Document Type: Article

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