Male proportion in offspring of parents exposed to strong static and extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields in Norway

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 557-561

  Irgens, Ågot ^a   Krüger, Kirsti ^a   Skorve, Anne H ^a   Irgens, Lorentz M ^b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; ELF; Human; Occupation; Offspring; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROGENY; SPERMATOCYTE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRON; MALE; MANGANESE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALLURGY; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SEX RATIO;

EID: 1842411889     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199711)32:5<557::AID-AJIM19>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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