The use of national health registers for studying environmental causes of congenital defects

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-64

  Källén, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUND   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congenital malformation; Environment; Exposure information; Occupation; Register; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; REGISTER; REVIEW; SWEDEN; TECHNIQUE;

ABNORMALITIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 15944412557     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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