Proactive approach for the evaluation of fetal safety in chemical industries

Teratology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 130-136

  McMartin, K I ^a   Koren, Gideon ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DATA BASE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FETUS RISK; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAFETY; TERATOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0032860495     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199909)60:3<130::AID-TERA7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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