Paternal occupational lead exposure and pregnancy outcome

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 280-285

  Alexander, Bruce H ^a   Checkoway, Harvey ^a   Van Netten, Chris ^b   Kaufman, Joel D ^a   Vaughan, Thomas L ^a   Mueller, Beth A ^a   Faustman, Elaine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lead; Occupational diseases; Paternal exposure; Pregnancy outcomes; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008469098     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1996.2.4.280     Document Type: Article

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