Intrauterine growth retardation in Iowa communities with herbicide-contaminated drinking water supplies.
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Intrauterine growth retardation in Iowa communities with herbicide-contaminated drinking water supplies.
In a statewide survey of 856 Iowa municipal drinking water supplies in 1986-1987 the Rathbun rural water system was found to contain elevated levels of triazine herbicides. Rates of low birth weight, prematurity, and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) in live singleton births during the period 1984-1990 by women living in 13 communities served by the Rathbun water system were compared to ot...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105308