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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 155, No. 8 : 779-780
Copyright © 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "CASE-COHORT ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS NEAR MATERNAL RESIDENCE AND SELECTED CAUSES OF FETAL DEATH"

Russell S. Kirby

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Milwaukee Clinical Campus University of Wisconsin Medical School P.O. Box 342 Milwaukee, WI 53201-0342

It is heartening to have attention focused on epidemiologic studies that may lead to the identification of etiologic factors involved in fetal death. This sector of the continuum of perinatal morbidity and mortality has been largely ignored and receives only cursory recognition at most state public health agencies. The work of Bell et al. (1Go, 2Go) extends some innovative methods for retrospective exposure assessment to the analysis of the associations between exposure to pesticides during pregnancy and risk of fetal death.

Vital statistics databases were the primary source material for identification of fetal deaths, for the classification of fetal deaths by cause, and for the identification of controls for the comparison group. Although the body of literature . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Erin M. Bell, Irva Hertz-Picciotto and James J. Beaumont

Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment California Environmental Protection Agency Sacramento, CA 95812


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RE: "CASE-COHORT ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS NEAR MATERNAL RESIDENCE AND SELECTED CAUSES OF FETAL DEATH"
Am. J. Epidemiol., April 15, 2002; 155(8): 779 - 780.
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