Risk of stillbirth in the relation to water disinfection by-products: A population-based case-control study in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hwang, Bing Fang ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STILLBIRTH; TAIWAN; WATER TREATMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; TAIWAN;

EID: 84858789317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033949     Document Type: Article

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