School
School of Public Health
Document Type
Dissertation
Department (new version)
Public Health
Date of Award
2002
Abstract
A retrospective cohort study was conducted to assess the association between congenital malformations and proximity to hazardous waste sites in Florida. All children whose mother lived within 10 miles of a hazardous waste site during gestation during the years 1996–1998 were in the study. Cases were children with birth defects whose mothers lived within 10 miles of a hazardous waste site during gestation. Controls were children whose mothers also lived within 10 miles of a hazardous waste site during gestation but did not have birth defects. The proximity of residence during gestation was not associated with the development of birth defects (adjusted OR = .976, 95% CI =.941–1.013). Specific birth defects such as cleft palate, cleft lip, neural tube, heart, and genitourinary defects did not appear to be associated with proximity to a hazardous waste site during gestation.
ProQuest Publication Number
ProQuest ID
3058743
ISBN
978-0-493-73987-8
Recommended Citation
Rowan, Alan D., "Prenatal exposure to toxic substances and the risk of congenital malformations in Florida" (2002). All ETDs from UAB. 7224.
https://digitalcommons.library.uab.edu/etd-collection/7224
Comments
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