A geographic information assessment of birth weight and crop production patterns around mother's residence

Environmental Research

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-167

  Xiang, Huiyun ^a   Nuckols, Jay R ^a   Stallones, Lorann ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Birth weight; Crops; GIS; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CROP PRODUCTION; GIS; MATERNAL HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CROP; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPING; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES; WELD COUNTY;

EID: 0034051083     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1999.4009     Document Type: Article

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