Pesticide Exposure and Women's Health

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 584-594

  García, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Exposure; Pesticides; Reproduction; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ABORTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0345690192     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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