Advanced search
Publication Cover
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A
Current Issues
Volume 71, 2008 - Issue 15
Submit an article Journal homepage
50
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects in Pregnancy: An Excess of Cases in a 2773-km2 Area in Central Italy

Emilia ProsperoChair of Hygiene, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
,
Pamela BarbadoroSchool of Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
,
Fabio FilippettiPublic Health Service, Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy
,
Remo AppignanesiPublic Health Service, Regione Marche, Ancona, Italy
,
Andrea CiavattiniInstitute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
&
Flavia CarleDepartment of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Medical Information Technology, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
Pages 981-983 | Published online: 06 Nov 2008

REFERENCES

  • Blatter, B. M., van der Star, M., and Roeveld, N., 1994. Review of neural tube defects: Risk factors in parental occupation and the environment, Environ. Health. Perspect. 102 (1994), pp. 140–145.
  • Botto, L. D., Moore, C. A., Khoury, M. J., and Erickson, J. D., 1999. Neural tube defects, N. Engl. J. Med. 341 (1999), pp. 1509–1519.
  • Bove, F., Shim, Y., and Zietz, P., 2002. Drinking water contaminants and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a review, Environ. Health. Perspect. 110 (Suppl. 1) (2002), pp. 61–74.
  • Busby, A., Abramsky, L., Dolk, H., and Armstrong, B., 2005. Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: population based study, Br. Med. J. 330 (2005), pp. 574–575.
  • Busby, A., Abramsky, L., Dolk, H., Armstrong, B., Addor, M. C., Anneren, G., Armstrong, N., Baguette, A., Barisic, I., Berghold, A., Bianca, S., Braz, P., Calzolari, E., Christiansen, M., Cocchi, G., Daltveit, A. K., De Walle, H., Edwards, G., Gatt, M., Gener, B., Gillerot, Y., Gjergja, R., Goujard, J., Haeusler, M., Latos-Bielenska, A., McDonnell, R., Neville, A., Olars, B., Portillo, I., Ritvanen, A., Robert-Gnansia, E., Rosch, C., Scarano, G., and Steinbicker, V., 2005. Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: A missed opportunity, Reprod. Toxicol. 20 (2005), pp. 393–402.
  • Detrait, E. R., George, T. M., Etchevers, H. C., Gilbert, J. R., Vekemans, M., and Speer, M. C., 2005. Human neural tube defects: Developmental biology, epidemiology, and genetics, Neurotoxicol. Teratol. 27 (2005), pp. 515–524.
  • http://www.eurocat.ulster.ac.uk/pubdata/tables.html, EUROCAT. 2006. Web site database.
  • Hwang, B., and Jaakkola, J. J. K., 2003. Water chlorination and birth defects: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Arch. Environ. Health 8 (2003), pp. 83–91.
  • Mitchell, L. E., 2005. Epidemiology of neural tube defects, Am. J. Med. Genet. C Semin. Med. Genet. 35 (2005), pp. 88–94.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.