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Article: Potential residential exposure to Toxics Release Inventory chemicals during pregnancy and childhood brain cancer.(Children's Health)
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
- Author:
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BACKGROUND: Although the susceptibility of the developing fetus to various chemical exposures is well documented, the role of environmental chemicals in childhood brain cancer etiology is not well understood.
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to evaluate whether mothers of childhood brain cancer cases had greater potential residential exposure to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) chemicals than control mothers during pregnancy.
METHODS: We included 382 brain cancer cases diagnosed at
RESULTS: Increased risk was observed for mothers living within 1 mi of a TRI facility (OR = 1.66; 95% CI, 1.11-2.48) and living within 1 mi of a facility releasing carcinogens (OR = 1.72; ...