Arsenic levels in the soil and risk of birth defects: A population-based case-control study using GIS technology

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 20-25

  Wu, Jilei ^a   Chen, Gong ^a   Liao, Yilan ^a   Song, Xinming ^a   Pei, Lijun ^a   Wang, Jinfeng ^a   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GIS; GPS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 81055146861     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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