TY - JOUR T1 - Re: The study of the relation between maternal occupational exposure to solvents and birth defects should include oxygenated solvents (authors’ response) JF - Occupational and Environmental Medicine JO - Occup Environ Med SP - 933 LP - 934 DO - 10.1136/oemed-2012-101096 VL - 69 IS - 12 AU - Tania A Desrosiers AU - Christina C Lawson AU - Robert E Meyer AU - Martha A Waters AU - Edwin van Wijngaarden AU - Peter H Langlois AU - Paul A Romitti AU - Adolfo Correa AU - Andrew F Olshan Y1 - 2012/12/01 UR - http://oem.bmj.com/content/69/12/933.2.abstract N2 - We appreciate the interest of Dr Garlantézec et al in our article on the association between maternal occupational exposure to organic solvents (chlorinated, aromatic and Stoddard) and birth defects.1 We reported a positive association between chlorinated solvents and neural tube defects, particularly spina bifida; we did not observe an association between solvent exposure and orofacial clefts.2 As noted in their comment, our … ER -