## Abstract **BACKGROUND:**There is evidence in experimental model systems that exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) results in congenital heart defects (CHDs); however, to our knowledge, this relationship has not been examined in humans. Therefore, we conducted a caseβcontrol study
Maternal occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and congenital heart defects among offspring in the national birth defects prevention study
β Scribed by Philip J. Lupo; Elaine Symanski; Peter H. Langlois; Christina C. Lawson; Sadia Malik; Suzanne M. Gilboa; Laura J. Lee; A. J. Agopian; Tania A. Desrosiers; Martha A. Waters; Paul A. Romitti; Adolfo Correa; Gary M. Shaw; Laura E. Mitchell,;; the National Birth Defects Prevention Study
- Book ID
- 115550755
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1542-0752
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