1995
EXPOSURE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS DURING PREGNANCY WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTRICALLY HEATED BEDS
Bracken M, Belanger K, Hellenbrand K, Dlugosz L, Holford T, McSharry J, Addesso K, Leaderer B. EXPOSURE TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS DURING PREGNANCY WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTRICALLY HEATED BEDS. Epidemiology 1995, 6: 263-270. PMID: 7619934, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199505000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal growth retardationGrowth retardationBed useIntrauterine growth retardationVideo display terminal useDose-response relationPersonal monitorsEMF exposureTime-weighted analysisMonitoring of exposureThird trimesterProspective studyFetal growthWire codesHome measurementsReproductive outcomesHuman studiesPregnancyStudy designVideo display terminalsExposure measuresHours of useMeaningful increaseRiskExposure
1992
Congental Defects and Electric Bed Heating in New York State: A Register-based Case-Control Study
Dlugosz L, Vena J, Byers T, Sever L, Bracken M, Marshall E. Congental Defects and Electric Bed Heating in New York State: A Register-based Case-Control Study. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1992, 135: 1000-1011. PMID: 1595686, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBedsCase-Control StudiesCleft LipCleft PalateConfidence IntervalsConfounding Factors, EpidemiologicEducational StatusElectricityEmploymentFemaleFeverHeatingHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMaternal AgeNeural Tube DefectsNew YorkOdds RatioParityRacial GroupsRegistriesResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSex FactorsSmokingSurveys and QuestionnairesVitaminsConceptsCase-control studyCleft palateOdds ratioCleft lipCongenital defectsOral cleft defectsRespective odds ratiosNew York State Congenital Malformations RegistryConfidence intervalsElectric blanket usePotential confounding factorsCongenital Malformations RegistryNeural tube defectsOdds ratio estimatesElectric blanketHeated waterbedsNew York residentsSeason of conceptionLast mensesRisk factorsChildhood cancerMaternal raceCleft defectsConfounding factorsMalformations Registry