Diethylstilbestrol Exposure: It's Still an Issue

Holistic Nursing Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Blunt, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Ectopic pregnancy; Genital abnormalities; Miscarriage; Pregnancy; Premature labor; Women's health

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544343273     PISSN: 08879311     EISSN: 15505138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004650-200407000-00004     Document Type: Article

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