Risk of selected birth defects by maternal residence close to power lines during pregnancy

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-176

  Blaasaas, K G ^a,d   Tynes, T ^b   Lie, R T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Forsvarsnett   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLUBFOOT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EVALUATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0942301229     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006239     Document Type: Article

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