Paternal and maternal exposure to welding fumes and metal dusts or fumes and adverse pregnancy outcomes

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-537

  Quansah, Reginald ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcome; Maternal exposure; Metal dust or fumes; Paternal exposure; Welding fumes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WELDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349100741     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0349-6     Document Type: Article

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