Spontaneous abortion in dry cleaning workers potentially exposed to perchloroethylene

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 848-853

  Doyle, Pat ^a   Roman, Eve ^b   Beral, Valerie ^c   Brookes, Marion ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dry cleaning; Perchloroethylene; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATOR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031440742     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.12.848     Document Type: Article

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