The use of electric bed heaters and the risk of clinically recognized spontaneous abortion

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 406-415

  Lee, Geraldine M ^a   Neutra, Raymond R ^a   Hristova, Lilia ^a   Yost, Michael ^b   Hiatt, Robert A ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric bed heaters; Electric blankets; Electromagnetic fields; Magnetic fields; Spontaneous abortions; Waterbeds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033937673     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200007000-00008     Document Type: Article

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