Spontaneous abortion and work with visual display units.
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Spontaneous abortion and work with visual display units.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether women who work with visual display units are at increased risk of spontaneous abortion. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Women were recruited during the three years 1987-9 from the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, and from a large group practice situated within the hospital's catchment area. SUBJECTS Cases were 150 nulliparous working women with a clin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.49.7.507