Physical and chemical factors in the home and workplace before and during pregnancy

Community Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-85

  Robert Gnansia, Elisabeth ^a   Saillenfait, Anne Marie ^b  

^a Institut Europeen des Genomutations   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical risk; Domestic exposures; Malformations; Miscarriage; Occupational exposures; Organic solvents; Physical risk; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Teratogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ENFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HALOTHANE; LEAD; MERCURY; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ERGONOMICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEAT; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IONIZING RADIATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRESS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036427330     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064634     Document Type: Article

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