Maternal exposure to exogenous nitrogen compounds and complications of pregnancy

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 341-347

  Tabacova, Sonia ^a   Balabaeva, Liudmila ^a   Little, Ruth E ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DRINKING WATER; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDE; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMINENT ABORTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOXEMIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031417808     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602209     Document Type: Article

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