Recurrence risk of congenital anomalies - The impact of paternal, social, and environmental factors: A population-based study in Denmark

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 598-604

  Basso, Olga ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Cohort studies; Environmental exposure; Follow up studies; Paternal exposure; Risk; Social class; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATERNAL AGE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033568824     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010058     Document Type: Article

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