Pesticide exposures and fetal death: A review of the epidemiologic literature

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 229-270

  Arbuckle, Tye E ^a,b   Sever, Lowell E ^c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c Centers Pub Hlth Res and Eval   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural worker's disease; Fetal death; Human; Maternal; Occupation; Paternal; Pesticides; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031799097     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408449891344218     Document Type: Review

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