Association between air pollution and intrauterine mortality in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Pereira, Luiz A A ^a   Loomis, Dana ^b   Conceição, Gleice M S ^a   Braga, Alfésio L F ^a   Arcas, Rosângela M ^a   Kishi, Humberto S ^a   Singer, Júlio M ^a   Böhm, György M ^a   Saldiva, Paulo H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carboxyhemoglobin; Fetus environmental exposure; Intrauterine mortality

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEATHER;

EID: 0031928608     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.98106325     Document Type: Article

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