Exposure to benzene, occupational stress, and reduced birth weight

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 661-667

  Chen, Dafang ^a,b   Cho, Sung Il ^a   Chen, Changzhong ^a   Wang, Xiaobin ^a,c   Damokosh I, Andrew ^a   Ryan, Louise ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Christiani, David C ^a,d   Xu, Xiping ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Birth weigth; Work stress

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS POISONING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BENZENE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033828756     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.10.661     Document Type: Article

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