Limited representation of drinking-water contaminants in pregnancy-birth cohorts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-175

  Makris, Konstantinos C ^a   Andra, Syam S ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical mixtures; Disinfection byproducts; Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environmental co exposures; Pregnancy birth cohort; Water and health

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; DESIGN; DISINFECTION; HEALTH; OBSTETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL MIXTURES; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CO-EXPOSURES; PREGNANCY-BIRTH COHORT;

WATER POLLUTION;

ATRAZINE; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; LEAD; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRIHALOMETHANE;

DISINFECTION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

SCOPUS;

BIB; BISPHENOL A; BORN IN BRADFORD; BPA; CHEMICAL MIXTURES; DBP; DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCTS; DISINFECTION BYPRODUCTS; DUISBURG; DUISBURG BIRTH COHORT; EDC; EDEN; ELFE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENRIECO; ENVIRONMENTAL CO-EXPOSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK IN EUROPEAN BIRTH COHORTS; ETUDE LONGITUDINALE FRANCAISE DEPUIS L'ENFANCE; EU; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMIS; INMA; INMA-ENVIRONMENT AND CHILDHOOD PROJECT; KANC; KAUNAS COHORT; KOALA; KOALA BIRTH COHORT STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON PREGNANCY ABNORMALITIES, INFERTILITY, AND CHILDHOOD; MOBA; MOTHER CHILD COHORT IN CRETE; NORWEGIAN HUMAN MILK STUDY; NORWEGIAN MOTHER AND CHILD COHORT STUDY; PARIS; PBC; PELAGIE; POLLUTION AND ASTHMA RISK: AN INFANT STUDY; PREGNANCY-BIRTH COHORT; RHEA; STUDY ON THE PRE AND EARLY POSTNATAL DETERMINANTS OF CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT; UDWDS; URBAN DRINKING-WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; WATER AND HEALTH;

ADULT; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84883771773     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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