Maternal occupation in the leather industry and selected congenital malformations

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 284-286

  Garcia, Ana M ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Leather industry; Maternal occupation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISPADIAS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0031916064     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.4.284     Document Type: Article

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