Health outcomes of children born to cosmetologists compared to children of women in other occupations

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Gallicchio, Lisa ^a   Miller, Susan R ^b   Greene, Teresa ^b   Zacur, Howard ^b   Flaws, Jodi A ^c  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's health; Cosmetologist; Hairdressers; Learning disorders; Occupational exposure; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETOLOGIST; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEARNING DISORDER; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OCCUPATION; SKIN DISEASE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 77951622549     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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