Advances in early fetal loss research: importance for risk assessment.
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Advances in early fetal loss research: importance for risk assessment.
The assessment of early fetal losses (EFLs) in relationship to environmental agents offers unique advantages compared to other end points for hazard assessment. There is a high incidence (greater than 20% of all pregnancies end in an EFL), and the interval between exposure and end point is the short duration between conception and event, i.e., approximately 12 weeks. In contrast, cancer, which ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.90-1519486