Maternal exposure to ambient levels of Benzene and Neural tube defects among offspring: Texas, 1999-2004

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-402

  Lupo, Philip J ^a   Symanski, Elaine ^a   Kim Waller, D ^a   Chan, Wenyaw ^a   Langlois, Peter H ^b   Canfield, Mark A ^b   Mitchell, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Air pollution; Benzene; Birth defects; BTEX; Epidemiology; Hazardous air pollutants; Maternal exposure; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TEXAS; TOLUENE; XYLENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952341985     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002212     Document Type: Article

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