Maternal occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 693-700

  Langlois, Peter H ^a   Hoyt, Adrienne T ^a   Lupo, Philip J ^b   Lawson, Christina C ^c   Waters, Martha A ^c   Desrosiers, Tania A ^d   Shaw, Gary M ^e   Romitti, Paul A ^f   Lammer, Edward J ^g  

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

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Malformations; Maternal exposure; Neural tube defects; Occupation; PAHs; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866008503     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23045     Document Type: Article

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