Parental occupational exposure to organic solvents and anencephaly in Mexico

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Aguilar Garduno C ^a,b   Lacasaña, Marina ^a,c   Blanco Munoz J ^d   Borja Aburto, V Hugo ^e   Garcia A M ^f  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^b Andalusian Observatory of Environmental Health   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 74049153367     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.044743     Document Type: Article

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