1998
Spontaneous Abortion and Exposure to Electric Blankets and Heated Water Beds
Belanger K, Leaderer B, Hellenbrand K, Holford T, McSharry J, Power M, Bracken M. Spontaneous Abortion and Exposure to Electric Blankets and Heated Water Beds. Epidemiology 1998, 9: 36-42. PMID: 9430266, DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199801000-00009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectric blanket useSpontaneous abortionPregnancy lossBlanket useEarly pregnancy lossHeated water bedsTime of conceptionMonth of conceptionWire code categoriesWeeks' gestationProspective studyEarly pregnancyUnadjusted analysesBed useGreater riskPregnancyAbortionDose responseWomenRiskElectric bedElectric blanketExposureSlight increaseGestation
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