Twinning in human populations and in cattle exposed to air pollution from incinerators

British Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 556-560

  Lloyd, O L ^a   Lloyd, M M ^a   Williams, F L R ^a   Lawson, A ^a  

^a Environmental Epidemiology and Cancer Centre Wolfson Institute of Occupational Health Dundee ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; POLYCHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INCINERATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0023731362     PISSN: 00071072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.45.8.556     Document Type: Article

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