Maternal nickel exposure and congenital musculoskeletal defects

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 825-833

  Arild, Vaktskjold ^a,b,f   Talykova, Ljudmila Vasiljevna ^c   Petrovitsj, Chashchin Valerij ^c   Öyvind, Odland Jon ^d   Evert, Nieboer ^d,e  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b Nordisk Ministerrad   (Denmark)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f Nordiske Høyskolen for Folkehelsevitenskap   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Congenital defect; Musculoskeletal; Nickel; Occupational exposure; Russia

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL MONITORING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; URINE LEVEL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 55849097294     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20609     Document Type: Article

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