Exposure to anesthetic gases and congenital anomalies in offspring of female registered nurses

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-127

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Congenital abnormalities; Inhalation; Maternal exposure; Occupational health nursing

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 78751684562     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20875     Document Type: Article

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