Maternal occupational and hobby chemical exposures as risk factors for neural tube defects

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-129

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Velie, Ellen M ^b   Katz, Elizabeth A ^c   Morland, Kimberly B ^d   Schaffer, Donna M ^e   Nelson, Verne ^c  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Chemicals; Congenital anomalies; Maternal occupation; Pregnancy; Spina bifida; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADHESIVE AGENT; ALDEHYDE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIA; BORON DERIVATIVE; BROMIDE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBAMATE INSECTICIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CEMENT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; COPPER DERIVATIVE; COSMETIC; DYE; EPOXIDE; FLUORIDE; FUEL; GLUE; GLYCOL; HALOPHENOL; INK; KETONE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PAINT; PESTICIDE; TERATOGENIC AGENT; THINNER; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032965248     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199903000-00007     Document Type: Article

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