Links between environmental geochemistry and rate of birth defects: Shanxi Province, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-451

  Yu, Hai ying ^a,b   Zhang, Ke li ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Birth defect; Geochemical elements; High birth defect area

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITIES; AL CONTENT; BIRTH DEFECTS; CONTROL AREA; ELEMENT CONTENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HIGH RATE; ICP-OES; LOW RATES; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEPWISE REGRESSION; STUDY AREAS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ARSENIC; DEFECTS; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SOILS; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TIN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOLYBDENUM; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; TIN; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ABNORMALITY; BIRTH RATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PARAMETERIZATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FETUS; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

CHINA; SHANXI;

EID: 78649833817     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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