Exposure to Trihalomethanes through Different Water Uses and Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age, and Preterm Delivery in Spain

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 119; no. 12; pp. 1824 - 1830
• Main Authors: Villanueva, Cristina M., Gracia-Lavedán, Esther, Ibarluzea, Jesús, Marina, Loreto Santa, Ballester, Ferran, Llop, Sabrina, Tardón, Adonina, Fernández, Mariana F., Freire, Carmen, Goñi, Fernando, Basagaña, Xavier, Kogevinas, Manolis, Grimalt, Joan O., Sunyer, Jordi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Research Triangle Park, NC National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.12.2011; US Department of Health and Human Services; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
• Subjects: Adult; Aigua; Aspectes nutricionals; Biological and medical sciences; Birth weight; Chemical hazards; Children's Health; Cohort Studies; Cohort study; Creixement; Depuració; Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy; Disinfection; Disinfection by-products; Embaràs; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Epidemiologia; Epidemiology; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Female; Fetus; General aspects; Gestational age; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Health aspects; Humans; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Small for Gestational Age; Infants (Premature); Infeccions respiratòries; Infectious diseases; Ingestion; Logistic Models; Low birth weight; Medical sciences; Models, Theoretical; Newborn; Physiological aspects; Potable water; Pregnancy; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; Premature birth; Premature Birth - epidemiology; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Small for gestational age; Spain - epidemiology; Swimming pools; Toxicology; Trihalomethanes; Trihalomethanes - analysis; Waste byproducts; Water; Water consumption; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water pollution; Europe; Spain; Water; Pregnancy disorders; Trihalomethane; Epidemiology; Gestational age; Health and environment; premature birth; Cohort study; disinfection by-products; Public health; Human; Drinking water treatment; small for gestational age; Use; Low birth weight; Premature delivery; Disinfection; Exposure; Newborn diseases; Environ Health Perspect; Newborn; Prematurity; trihalomethanes; Birth weight; Water pollution; By product

BACKGROUND: Evidence associating exposure to water disinfection by-products with reduced birth weight and altered duration of gestation remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: We assessed exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) during pregnancy through different water uses and evaluated the association with bir...