Laboratory work and pregnancy outcomes: A study within the National Birth Cohort in Denmark

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Zhu, J L ^a   Knudsen, L E ^b   Andersen, A M N ^c   Hjollund, N H ^d   Olsen, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LABORATORY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 29744466296     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.021204     Document Type: Article

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