Genital malformations in newborns of female nickel-refinery workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Vaktskjold, Arild ^a   Talykova, Ljudmila Vasiljevna ^a,b   Chashchin, Valerij Petrovitsj ^b   Nieboer, Evert ^a,c   Thomassen, Yngvar ^d   Odland, Jon Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORTH WEST PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptorchidism; Hypospadias; Nickel; Occupational exposure; Registry; Russia

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ABNORMALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INDUCED ABORTION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URINALYSIS;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COLA ACUMINATA;

EID: 33644846621     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.975     Document Type: Article

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