Risk factors for cryptorchidism: A nested case-control study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-51

  Berkowitz, Gertrud S ^a   Lapinski, Robert H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS DESCENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030051346     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1996.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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