Occupational exposure to chemicals and fetal growth: The Generation R Study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 910-920

  Snijder, Claudia A ^a   Roeleveld, Nel ^b   Te Velde, Egbert ^a,c   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chemical exposure; fetal growth; occupational exposure; pesticides; phthalates

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVE BIRTH; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84857222397     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der437     Document Type: Article

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