Exposure to anaesthetic gases and spontaneous abortion: Response bias in a postal questionnaire study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1982, Pages 250-256

  Axelsson, Gösta ^a   Rylander, Ragnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; SHORT SURVEY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SWEDEN;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0019969270     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/11.3.250     Document Type: Article

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