Pregnancy outcomes among female dental personnel - A registry-based retrospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 539-546

  Heggland, Ingrid ^a   Irgens, Ågot ^b   Tollånes, Mette ^b,c   Romundstad, Pål ^d   Syversen, Tore ^d   Svendsen, Kristin ^e   Melo, Inger ^g   Odont, Cand ^f   Hilt, Bjørn ^a,d  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f NONE   (Norway)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Birth defect; Congenital malformation; Dental work; Dentist; Mercury; Metallic mercury; Norway

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTITION; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TRADE UNION;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CLUBFOOT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTIST; DISEASE REGISTRY; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; DENTAL ASSISTANT; FEMALE; GENDER; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

NORWAY;

EID: 80155211213     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3175     Document Type: Article

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