Birth outcomes of infants born in areas with elevated ambient exposure to incinerator generated PCDD/Fs

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 624-629

  Lin, Chih Ming ^a   Li, Chung Yi ^b   Mao, I Fang ^c  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adverse birth outcomes; Exposure assessment; Low birth weight; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

DUST ABATEMENT; NEONATAL MONITORING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; WASTES;

GESTATIONAL AGE; INCINERATOR; INFANTS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MODELING TECHNIQUE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIRTH RATE; DIBENZOFURAN; INCINERATION; INFANT MORTALITY; PCDD;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646858126     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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