Paternal occupation and neural tube defects: A case-control study based on the Oxford record linkage study register

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Fear, Nicola T ^a   Hey, Kate ^b   Vincent, Tim ^b   Murphy, Michael ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farmers; Neural tube defects; Paternal occupation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; HYDROCARBON; OIL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBSTETRICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REGISTER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 33846969912     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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