Occupational factors and reproductive outcomes among a cohort of female veterinarians

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Wilkins III, J R ^a   Steele, Larry L ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0032112419     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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