Socio-occupational status and congenital anomalies

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Morales Surez Varela, Mara M ^a,b,c   Nohr, Ellen Aagaard ^d   Llopis Gonzlez, Agustin ^a,b   Andersen, Ann Marie Nybo ^f   Olsen, Jorn ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Environmental risk factors; Social status

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249122449     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp003     Document Type: Article

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