Effects of air pollution on birth weight among children born between 1995 and 1997 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 807-816

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Tseng, Yaw Tseng ^a   Chang, Chih Ching ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 0037799307     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390306385     Document Type: Article

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