Rates of congenital anomalies and other adverse birth outcomes in an offspring cohort of registered nurses from British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-234

  Arbour, Laura T ^a   Beking, Kris ^a   Le, Nhu D ^b   Ratner, Pamela A ^a   Spinelli, John J ^b   Teschke, Kay ^a   Gallagher, Richard P ^b   Abanto, Zenaida U ^b   Dimich Ward, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Congenital abnormalities; Nurses; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 77957253831     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404379     Document Type: Article

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