Risk of congenital anomalies in children of parents occupationally exposed to low level ionising radiation

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 629-635

  Green, Lois M ^a   Dodds, Linda ^b   Miller, Anthony B ^c   Tomkins, Darrell J ^d   Li, Jiehui ^c   Escobar, Michael ^c  

^a ONTARIO HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^b Reproductive Care Program   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Ionising radiation; Parental occupation; Preconceptional exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; IONIZING RADIATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030763187     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.9.629     Document Type: Article

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