Parental agricultural work and selected congenital malformations

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-74

  García, Ana M ^a   Fletcher, Tony ^b   Benavides, Fernando G ^c   Orts, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Environment and Health (ISTAS)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Agriculture; Case control studies; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEST CONTROL; TERATOGENICITY;

SPAIN; VALENCIA;

EID: 0032906780     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009729     Document Type: Article

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