Maternal occupation in agriculture during pregnancy and congenital anomalies: A case-control study

International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 217-224

  Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^a   Bermejo, Eva ^a   Prieto, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cardiovascular defects; Case control studies; Epidemiology; Maternal occupation; Maternal work; Microcephaly; NTD; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

EID: 0032459441     PISSN: 09246479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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