Exposure to trihalomethanes through different water uses and birth weight, small for gestational age, and preterm delivery in Spain

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1824-1830

  Villanueva, Cristina M ^a,b,c   Gracia Lavedán, Esther ^a,b,c   Ibarluzea, Jesús ^c,d   Marina, Loreto Santa ^c,d   Ballester, Ferran ^c,e,f   Llop, Sabrina ^c,e   Tardón, Adonina ^c,g   Fernández, Mariana F ^c,h   Freire, Carmen ^c,h   Goñi, Fernando ^c,i   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b,c,j   Grimalt, Joan O ^k   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d Subdirección de Salud Pública   (Spain)

^e Centro Superior de Investigacion en Salud Publica CSISP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

ⁱ Laboratorio de Salud Pública de Alava   (Spain)

^j NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^k INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Birth weight; Cohort study; Disinfection by products; Epidemiology; Low birth weight; Newborn; Premature birth; Small for gestational age; Trihalomethanes; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BROMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPAIN; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 82755177609     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002425     Document Type: Article

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