Child health and environmental pollution in the Aral Sea region in Kazakhstan

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics, Supplement

Volumn 88, Issue 429, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Zetterstrom R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; HEAVY METAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KAZAKHSTAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEUROTOXICITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033008950     PISSN: 08035326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb01290.x     Document Type: Article

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