Seasonality in birth defects, agricultural production and urban location

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-128

  McKinnish, Terra ^a   Rees, Daniel I ^b   Langlois, Peter H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c State Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Birth defects; Urban

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASH CROP; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CHILD; COTTON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MALFORMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; UROGENITAL TRACT MALFORMATION; WHEAT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; MOTHER; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84920040286     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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