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Article: Reports outline life sciences study results from H. Ochoaacuna et al.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 4, 2009
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"Atrazine and other corn herbicides are routinely detected in drinking water. Two studies on potential association of atrazine with small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and preterm birth prevalence found inconsistent results," scientists in the United States report (see also Life Sciences).
"Moreover, these studies did not control for individual-level potential confounders. Our retrospective cohort study evaluated whether atrazine in drinking water is associated with increased prevalence of SGA and preterm birth. We developed atrazine concentration time series for 19 water systems in Indiana from 1993 to 2007 and selected all births (n = 24,154) based on geocoded ...
<0.1 mu g/L). Mean atrazine concentrations over the entire pregnancy>