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Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water and the risk of adverse birth outcomes [1]

In this retrospective cohort study the authors examined whether PCE (Prenatal Exposure to Tetrachloroethylene) contamination of public drinking-water supplies in Massachusetts influenced the birth weight and gestational duration of children whose mothers were exposed before the child's delivery.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2008
Ann Aschengrau [2], Janice Weinberg [3], Sarah Rogers & et al [4]
Environmental Health Perspectives [5]
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Water Pollution [6], Water Quality [7], Drinking Water [8], Health Effects [9], Women [10], Maternal Health [11], Child Health [12]
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