Perinatal mortality and residential proximity to an industrial park

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Sarov, Batia ^a   Bentov, Yaakov ^a   Kordysh, Ella ^a   Karakis, Isabella ^a   Bolotin, Arkady ^a   Hershkovitz, Reli ^b   Belmaker, Ilana ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouins; Industrial zone; Perinatal mortality; Residential distance

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; INDUSTRY; JEW; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STATISTICS;

ARABS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JEWS; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45949096011     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.63.1.17-25     Document Type: Article

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