Outcomes of pregnancy among women living in the proximity of oil fields in the Amazon basin of Ecuador

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 312-319

  San Sebastián, Miguel ^a   Armstrong, Ben ^a   Stephens, Carolyn ^a  

^a Inst Salud Comunitaria M Amunarriz   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecuador; Oil; Reproductive; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0036798880     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2002.8.4.312     Document Type: Article

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