Drinking-water exposure to a mixture of nitrate and low-dose atrazine metabolites and small-for-gestational age (SGA) babies: A historic cohortstudy

Environmental Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-64

  Migeot, V ^a,b   Albouy Llaty, M ^a,b   Carles, C ^a   Limousi, F ^b   Strezlec, S ^c   Dupuis, A ^a,b   Rabouan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b Biology Pharmacy Public Health Pole   (France)

^c Maternal and Childhood Protection   (France)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Dose effect; Drinking water; Endocrine disruptors; Nitrates; Small for gestational age (SGA)

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYATRAZINE; ATRAZINE; DEETHYLATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; DRUG METABOLITE; NITRATE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATRAZINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; METABOLITE; NEONATE; NITRATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SURFACE WATER; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ATRAZINE; COHORT STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NITRATES; PREGNANCY;

DEUX SEVRES; FRANCE; POITOU-CHARENTES;

EID: 84875064937     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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