Work with video display terminals and the risk of reduced birthweight and preterm birth

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 681-688

  Grajewski, Barbara ^a   Schnorr, Teresa M ^a   Reefhuis, Jennita ^b   Roeleveld, Nel ^c   Salvan, Alberto ^d   Mueller, Charles A ^a   Conover, David L ^a   Murray, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Computer terminals; Electromagnetic fields; Infant, premature; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER TERMINAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0030658098     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199712)32:6<681::AID-AJIM16>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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