Exposure during pregnancy to glycol ethers and chlorinated solvents and the risk of congenital malformations

Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 806-812

  Cordier, Sylvaine ^a   Garlantézec, Ronan ^a,b   Labat, Laurence ^c   Rouget, Florence ^a,d   Monfort, Christine ^a   Bonvallot, Nathalie ^a,b   Roig, Benoit ^b   Pulkkinen, Juha ^e   Chevrier, Cécile ^a   Multigner, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYPROPIONIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUTOXYACETIC ACID; CHLORINE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ETHOXY ETHOXYACETIC ACID; ETHOXYACETIC ACID; METHOXY ETHOXYACETIC ACID; METHOXYACETIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHENOXYACETIC ACID; PROPOXYACETIC ACID; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRICHLOROETHANOL; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP PALATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMB MALFORMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STILLBIRTH; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; URINE LEVEL;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84867572126     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31826c2bd8     Document Type: Article

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