1. Solvents' link to birth defects bolstered.
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Seppa, N.
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ORGANIC solvents ,HOSPITAL for Sick Children (Toronto, Ont.) ,PREGNANCY ,PREGNANT women ,HEALTH risk assessment ,DRUG side effects - Abstract
Reports on research findings from Motherisk, a program through the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, involving pregnant women exposed to organic solvents during pregnancy. Full report in the March 23-31, 1999 `Journal of the American Medical Association'; What the solvents include; Findings that exposed women are more likely to have a deformed baby than unexposed women; Results of research; Study coauthor Sohail Khattak.
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- 1999
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