Assessment of time to pregnancy and spontaneous abortion status following occupational exposure to organic solvents mixture

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 295-303

  Attarchi, Mir Saeed ^a   Ashouri, Monir ^a   Labbafinejad, Yasser ^a   Mohammadi, Saber ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Solvents; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; IRAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IRAN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862642062     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0666-z     Document Type: Article

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