Prenatal and early childhood exposure to tetrachloroethylene and adult vision

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1327-1332

  Getz, Kelly D ^a   Janulewicz, Patricia A ^a   Rowe, Susannah ^b   Weinberg, Janice M ^a   Winter, Michael R ^a   Martin, Brett R ^a   Vieira, Veronica M ^a   White, Roberta F ^a,b   Aschengrau, Ann ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Contrast sensitivity; Perchloroethylene; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FARNSWORTH TEST; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LANTHONY TEST; MALE; PIPELINE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84930474893     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103996     Document Type: Article

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