Spontaneous abortion in spouses of greenhouse workers exposed to pesticides

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 77-81

  Petrelli, Grazia ^a   Figà Talamanca, Irene ^b   Lauria, Laura ^a   Mantovani, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupters; Epidemiology; Paternal exposure; Pregnancy loss; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; BENOMYL; CARBARIL; CARBENDAZIM; CHLORPHENOTANE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPOUSE;

EID: 0041592540     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02897919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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