Residential environmental risks for reproductive age women in developing countries

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Dyjack, David ^a   Soret, Samuel ^b   Chen, Lie ^b   Hwang, Rhonda ^b   Nazari, Nahid ^b   Gaede, Donn ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Indoor air pollution; Women in development

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROCEPHALY; MIDWIFE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COOKERY; COOKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 20944437777     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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