Maternal exposure to trichloroethylene in drinking water and birth-weight outcomes. Academic Article

abstract

• An ecological epidemiological study was conducted with data obtained from an environmental dose-reconstruction study and the Arizona Birth Information Tapes. Before 1981, a portion of the city of Tucson water-distribution system was contaminated with trichloroethylene (i.e., < 5 micrograms per liter of water to 107 micrograms per liter of water). Target and comparison populations were selected with a Geographic Information System. Logistical-regression analysis revealed an association between maternal exposure to trichloroethylene via drinking water and very-low-birth-weight babies (i.e., < 1,501 grams) (odds ratio = 3.3; 95% confidence interval = 0.5, 20.6; and Wald chi-square p value = 0.2). No association was found between maternal exposure to trichloroethylene via drinking water and low birth weight or full-term low-birth-weight infants (gestational period > 35 wk and < 46 wk).

authors

• Rene, Antonio

published proceedings

• Arch Environ Health

altmetric score

• 6

author list (cited authors)

• Rodenbeck, S. E., Sanderson, L. M., & Rene, A.

citation count

• 15

complete list of authors

• Rodenbeck, SE||Sanderson, LM||Rene, A

publication date

• January 2000

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health: an international journal  Journal

keywords

• Arizona
• Birth Weight
• Epidemiologic Methods
• Female
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
• Logistic Models
• Maternal Exposure
• Medical Records Systems, Computerized
• Solvents
• Trichloroethylene
• Water Pollutants, Chemical
• Water Supply

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/00039890009603405

start page

• 188

end page

• 194

volume

• 55

issue

• 3