An epidemiologic investigation of the relationship between DBCP contamination in drinking water and birth rates in Fresno County, California.
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 78 (1) , 43-46
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.78.1.43
Abstract
This report describes an epidemiologic investigation of the relationship between DBCP (dibromochloropropane) contamination in drinking water and birth rates between 1978 and 1982 in Fresno County, California. Census tracts in the county were categorized according to DBCP level in their drinking water. Standardized birth ratios and relative birth ratios (adjusted for age, race, per cent Hispanic, and parity) were calculated for these census tracts. No relation between birth ratios and DBCP contamination in drinking water was found.Keywords
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