Risk of congenital anomalies in relation to the uptake of trihalomethane from drinking water during pregnancy

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-282

  Grazuleviciene, Regina ^a   Kapustinskiene, Violeta ^a,b   Vencloviene, Jone ^a   Buinauskiene, Jurate ^c   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^d,e,f  

^a VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

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

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; TAP WATER; TRIHALOMETHANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TRIHALOMETHANES; UROGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84876043125     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101093     Document Type: Article

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