Reproductive history and adverse pregnancy outcomes in commercial flight crew and air traffic control officers in the United Kingdom

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1298-1305

  Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a   Pizzi, Costanza ^a   Evans, Anthony ^b   Evans, Sally ^c   De Stavola, Bianca ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale   (Canada)

^c Civil Aviation Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIRPLANE CREW; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74549174626     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b9ae2f     Document Type: Article

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