| Arsenic in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes. | |
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PMID: 11445518 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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We studied a group of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were chronically exposed to arsenic through drinking water to identify the pregnancy outcomes in terms of live birth, stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, and preterm birth. We compared pregnancy outcomes of exposed respondents with pregnancy outcomes of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who were not exposed to arsenic-contaminated water. In a cross-sectional study, we matched the women in both exposed and nonexposed groups for age, socioeconomic status, education, and age at marriage. The total sample size was 192, with 96 women in each group (i.e., exposed and nonexposed). Of the respondents in the exposed group, 98% had been drinking water containing [Greater and equal to] 0.10 mg/L arsenic and 43.8% had been drinking arsenic-contaminated water for 5-10 years. Skin manifestation due to chronic arsenic exposure was present in 22.9% of the respondents. Adverse pregnancy outcomes in terms of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and preterm birth rates were significantly higher in the exposed group than those in the nonexposed group (p = 0.008, p = 0.046, and p = 0.018, respectively). |
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S A Ahmad; M H Sayed; S Barua; M H Khan; M H Faruquee; A Jalil; S A Hadi; H K Talukder |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Environmental health perspectives Volume: 109 ISSN: 0091-6765 ISO Abbreviation: Environ. Health Perspect. Publication Date: 2001 Jun |
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Created Date: 2001-07-10 Completed Date: 2001-08-23 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0330411 Medline TA: Environ Health Perspect Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 629-31 Citation Subset: IM |
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National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh. anon@bdcom.com |
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Abortion, Spontaneous
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chemically induced,
epidemiology Adolescent Adult Arsenic / adverse effects* Cross-Sectional Studies Female Fetal Death / chemically induced, epidemiology Humans Incidence Middle Aged Obstetric Labor, Premature / chemically induced, epidemiology Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome* Water Supply* |
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7440-38-2/Arsenic |
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Journal Information Journal ID (nlm-ta): Environ Health Perspect ISSN: 0091-6765 |
Article Information Download PDF  Print publication date: Month: 6 Year: 2001 Volume: 109 Issue: 6 First Page: 629 Last Page: 631 ID: 1240346 PubMed Id: 11445518 Publisher Item Identifier: sc271_5_1835 |
| Arsenic in drinking water and pregnancy outcomes. | |
| S A Ahmad | |
| M H Sayed | |
| S Barua | |
| M H Khan | |
| M H Faruquee | |
| A Jalil | |
| S A Hadi | |
| H K Talukder | |
| National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, Bangladesh. anon@bdcom.com |
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