TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk of specific birth defects in relation to chlorination and the amount of natural organic matter in the water supply
AU - Hwang, BF
AU - Magnus, P
AU - Jaakkola, Jouni
PY - 2002/8/15
Y1 - 2002/8/15
N2 - To assess the effect of water chlorination by-products on specific birth defects, the authors conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study of 285,631 Norwegian births in 1993-1998. Risks of birth defects according to four chlorination by-product exposure categories were compared on the basis of chlorination (yes/no) and level of water color (mg Pt/liter), representing the amount of natural organic matter: high (chlorination, <or =20), medium (chlorination, 10-19.9), and low (chlorination,
AB - To assess the effect of water chlorination by-products on specific birth defects, the authors conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study of 285,631 Norwegian births in 1993-1998. Risks of birth defects according to four chlorination by-product exposure categories were compared on the basis of chlorination (yes/no) and level of water color (mg Pt/liter), representing the amount of natural organic matter: high (chlorination, <or =20), medium (chlorination, 10-19.9), and low (chlorination,
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U2 - 10.1093/aje/kwf038
DO - 10.1093/aje/kwf038
M3 - Article
C2 - 12181108
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 156
SP - 374
EP - 382
JO - American Journal of Epidemiology
JF - American Journal of Epidemiology
ER -