Exposure to pesticides and heavy work in greenhouses during pregnancy: Does it effect birth weight?

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 418-426

  Jurewicz, Joanna ^a   Hanke, Wojciech ^a   Makowiec Dąbrowska, Teresa ^a   Sobala, Wojciech ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Greenhouse; Level of workload; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FLOWER; GREENHOUSE; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; POLAND; PREGNANCY; VEGETABLE; WORKLOAD;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 21244472275     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0614-x     Document Type: Article

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