Environmental inequities and low birth weight

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-234

  Ricciardi, Claudio ^a   Guastadisegni, Cecilia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental inequities; Ethics; Low birth weight; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ETHICS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0141926701     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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