Birth weight and exposure to kitchen wood smoke during pregnancy in rural Guatemala

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-114

  Boy, E ^a   Bruce, N ^b   Delgado, H ^c  

^a MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Carbon monoxide; Indoor air pollution; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CHIMNEY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUATEMALA; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KITCHEN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SMOKE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; WOOD;

EID: 0036151097     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110109     Document Type: Article

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