Parental occupational lead exposure and low birth weight

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 569-578

  Min, Yuan I ^a   Correa Villaseñor, Adolfo ^a   Stewart, Patricia Ann ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

lead exposure; low birth weight; occupation; preterm birth; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY BURDEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEAD; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029837012     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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