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| Jean BrenderSummaryAffiliation: Southwest Texas State University Country: USA Publications
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Parental occupation and neural tube defect-affected pregnancies among Mexican AmericansJean Brender
Department of Health Services Research, Southwest Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
J Occup Environ Med 44:650-6. 2002..5; 95% CI, 1.1 to 82.2) or health care occupations (OR 3.0; 95% CI, 1.0 to 9.0) than control women. No compelling associations were found between paternal work exposures or occupations and NTDs in offspring in this population...
Health risks of residential exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsJean D Brender
Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, USA
Arch Environ Health 58:111-8. 2003..02). With adjustment for environmental worry, reports of chronic bronchitis and difficulties becoming pregnant did not differ significantly between target and comparison residents (p > 0.05)...
Iron status indicators in women with prior neural tube defect-affected pregnanciesMarilyn M Felkner
Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, TX 78756, USA
Matern Child Health J 9:421-8. 2005..We describe the association of various iron-deficiency indices with risk of neural tube defect (NTD) among a high-risk Mexican-American population...
Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of neural-tube defects in a Mexican American populationLucina Suarez
Epidemiology Research Services Branch G 401, Division of Prevention and Preparedness, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, TX 78756 3199, USA
Int J Occup Environ Health 11:233-7. 2005..The maternal serum PCB levels in this study population (median PCB 153 level: 18 ng/g) were comparable to those with background exposure and do not appear to have contributed to the high prevalence of NTDs in this population...
Association of paternal age with prevalence of selected birth defectsNatalie P Archer
Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 West 49th Street, Austin, Texas 78756, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 79:27-34. 2007..We used cases from the Texas birth defect registry, born during 1996-2002, to evaluate the association of paternal age with the prevalence of selected structural birth defects...
Workgroup report: Drinking-water nitrate and health--recent findings and research needsMary H Ward
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:1607-14. 2005....
