Congenital anomalies among live births in a high environmental risk area-A case-control study in Brindisi (southern Italy)

Environmental Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-14

  Gianicolo, Emilio Antonio Luca ^a,b   Mangia, Cristina ^c   Cervino, Marco ^d   Bruni, Antonella ^a   Andreassi, Maria Grazia ^a   Latini, Giuseppe ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^e A Perrino Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Brindisi; Congenital anomalies; Industrial exposure; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROL SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; BRINDISI; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CITY; CONGENITAL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; INDUSTRIAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

BRINDISI; ITALY; PUGLIA;

AIR POLLUTION; BRINDISI; CONGENITAL ANOMALIES; INDUSTRIAL EXPOSURE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITIES; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84895133151     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.11.002     Document Type: Article

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