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Document ID (ISN)43955
CIS number 85-675
ISSN - Serial title 0140-6736 - Lancet
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Kurppa K., Holmberg P.C., Rantala K., Nurminen T.
Title Birth defects and video display terminals
Bibliographic information 8 Dec. 1984, Vol.2, No.8415, p.1339. 6 ref.
Abstract A case-referent study of 183 mothers of babies born with congenital malformations, and of 203 controls. No association was found between video display terminal work (minimum 4h a day) and birth defects.
Descriptors (primary) genetic abnormalities; genetic effects; visual display terminals
Descriptors (secondary) comparative study
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Lighting, colour and vision
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Office work
Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
Antifertility and prenatal effects