Parental occupation, hispanic ethnicity, and risk of selected congenital malformations in offspring

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-224

  Brender, Jean D ^a,c   Suarez, Lucina ^b   Langlois, Peter H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth Defects; Ethnicity; Hispanic; Occupational Groups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLEFT LIP; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PROGENY; TRISOMY 18; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; CLEFT PALATE; FATHER; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CLEFT PALATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATHERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 47749138254     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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