Despite the biological mechanisms linking prenatal nitrate exposure to birth outcomes, epidemiological research has been inconclusive. The evidence-base has been limited by where and how nitrate exposure was measured, and the spurious correlation between geotemporal nitrate heterogeneity and unmeasurable factors contributing to gestational age and birth weight. We linked Iowa water quality data and birth… Continue reading Early prenatal #nitrate exposure and #birth outcomes: A study of Iowa’s public drinking water (1970–1988)
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