Association of petrochemical exposure with spontaneous abortion

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Xu, Xiping ^a,b,c   Cho, Sung Il ^a   Sammel, Mary ^a   You, Liangya ^d   Cui, Shangcong ^d   Huang, Yinmin ^c   Ma, Guohong ^d   Padungtod, Chantana ^a   Pothier, Lucille ^a   Niu, Tianhua ^a   Christiani, David ^a,e   Smith, Thomas ^a   Ryan, Louise ^a,f   Wang, Lihua ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d Yanshan Anti epidemic Station   (China)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Benzene; Gasoline; Hydrogen sulphide; Petrochemical exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7144235782     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.1.31     Document Type: Article

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