Paternal occupation and birth defects: Findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 534-542

  Desrosiers, Tania A ^a,b   Herring, Amy H ^a,c   Shapira, Stuart K ^d   Hooiveld, Mariëtte ^e,f   Luben, Tom J ^g   Herdt Losavio, Michele L ^h   Lin, Shao ^h   Olshan, Andrew F ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRTH DEFECT; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; FATHER; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; INFANT; LANDSCAPING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; OPERATOR; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FATHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864087740     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100372     Document Type: Article

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