A higher risk of congenital anomalies in the offspring of personnel who served aboard a Norwegian missile torpedo boat

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-97

  Mageroy, N ^a   Mollerlokken, O J ^a   Riise, T ^a   Koefoed, V ^b   Moen, B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Royal Norwegian Navy ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 31544433097     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.021113     Document Type: Article

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