Employment in the Ecuadorian cut-flower industry and the risk of spontaneous abortion

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Handal, Alexis J ^a   Harlow, Sioban D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CUT FLOWER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECUADOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STANDING;

EID: 70350361221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-25     Document Type: Article

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