Prenatal risk factors for cryptorchidism: A record linkage study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-396

  Jones, Michael E ^a   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^a   Griffith, Myfanwy ^b   Goldacre, Michael J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREECH PRESENTATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; EPISIOTOMY; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; ORCHIDOPEXY; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREECH PRESENTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; ENGLAND; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031793372     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.1998.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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