Paternal occupational exposure around conception and spina bifida in offspring

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-291

  Blatter, B M ^a   Hermens, R ^a   Bakker, M ^a   Roeleveld, N ^a   Verbeek, A L M ^a   Zielhuis, G A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Case referent study; Epidemiology; Male mediated teratogenesis; Neural tube defects; Occupational exposure; Pregnancy; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; SPINA BIFIDA; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WELDING FUME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA;

EID: 0030877428     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199709)32:3<283::AID-AJIM15>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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